Why do I get an “Invalid Byte Sequence in UTF-8” error reading a text file?

Question

I\'m writing a Ruby script to process a large text file, and keep getting an odd encoding error. Here\'s the situation:

input_data = File.new(in_path, \'r\').rea         


        

Answer 1

Please try this one:-

input_data = File.open("path/your_file.pdf", "rb") {|io| io.read}

Thanks