html2ascii.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Copyright 2022 David Corbett
#
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import fileinput


def main():
    for line in fileinput.input(encoding='utf-8'):
        for char in line:
            if (code_point := ord(char)) > 0x7F:
                print(f'&#{code_point};', end='')
            else:
                print(char, end='')


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()