python - Convert from ANSI to UTF-8 -

have around 600,000 files encoded in ansi , want convert them utf-8. can individually in notepad++, can't 600,000 files.can in r or python?

i have found link python script not running: notepad++ converting ansi encoded file utf-8

why don't read file , write utf-8? can in python.

#to support encodings import codecs  #read input file codecs.open(path, 'r', encoding = 'utf8') file:   lines = file.read()  #write output file codecs.open(path, 'w', encoding = 'utf8') file:   file.write(lines)