python… encoding issue when using linux > [duplicate]

Answer 1

When redirecting the output, sys.stdout is not connected to a terminal and Python cannot determine the output encoding. When not directing the output, Python can detect that sys.stdout is a TTY and will use the codec configured for that TTY when printing unicode.

Set the PYTHONIOENCODING environment variable to tell Python what encoding to use in such cases, or encode explicitly.

Answer 2

Use: print u"Råbjerg".encode('utf-8')

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Answer 3

I'll suggest you to output it already encoded:

print u"Råbjerg".encode('utf-8')

This will write the correct bytes of the string in utf-8 and you'll be able to see in almost every editor/console which support utf-8