> > Try setting encoding to: "utf-8-sig". > > 'eb bb bf' is the byte order mark for UTF8 (most systems do not include > this in UTF-8 encoded files) > > Python will correctly read UTF8 BOMs if you use the 'utf-8-sig' encoding > when reading files >
Excellent, thanks. That worked like a charm. Knowing what its called also allowed me to look up more info. Skip -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
