Print unicode string to console OK but fails when redirect to a file. How to fix?

Question

I have Python 2.7.1 on a Simplified-Chinese version of Windows XP, and I have a program like this(windows_prn_utf8.py):

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: u         


        

Answer 1

Set PYTHONIOENCODING environmental variable.

SET PYTHONIOENCODING=cp936
windows_prn_utf8.py > 1.txt