import argparse from typing import Optional from typing import Sequence def main(argv: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None) -> int: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('filenames', nargs='*', help='Filenames to check') args = parser.parse_args(argv) retv = 0 for filename in args.filenames: with open(filename, 'rb') as f_b: bts = f_b.read(3) if bts == b'\xef\xbb\xbf': with open(filename, newline='', encoding='utf-8-sig') as f: contents = f.read() with open(filename, 'w', newline='', encoding='utf-8') as f: f.write(contents) print(f'{filename}: removed byte-order marker') retv = 1 return retv if __name__ == '__main__': raise SystemExit(main())