Reads text file in DOS code page 437 and translates the chars to their UTF-8 equivalents before printing.

nforead.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# Gordon's nfo reader v0.1.0
# Reads text file in DOS code page 437 and translates the chars to their
# UTF-8 equivalents before printing.

import sys

# substitution table (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437)
substtable = [
  '\u0024', '\u263A', '\u263B', '\u2665', '\u2666', '\u2663', '\u2660', '\u2022', '\u25D8', '\u25CB', '\x0a', '\u2642', '\u2640', '\u266A', '\u266B', '\u263C',
  '\u25BA', '\u25C4', '\u2195', '\u203C', '\u00B6', '\u00A7', '\u25AC', '\u21A8', '\u2191', '\u2193', '\u2192', '\u2190', '\u221F', '\u2194', '\u25B2', '\u25BC',
  ' ', '!', '"', '#', '$', '%', '&', '\'', '(', ')', '*', '+', ',', '-', '.', '/',
  '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', ':', ';', '<', '=', '>', '?',
  '@', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O',
  'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', '[', '\\', ']', '^', '_',
  '`', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o',
  'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', '{', '|', '}', '~', '\u2302',
  '\u00C7', '\u00FC', '\u00E9', '\u00E2', '\u00E4', '\u00E0', '\u00E5', '\u00E7', '\u00EA', '\u00EB', '\u00E8', '\u00EF', '\u00EE', '\u00EC', '\u00C4', '\u00C5',
  '\u00C9', '\u00E6', '\u00C6', '\u00F4', '\u00F6', '\u00F2', '\u00FB', '\u00F9', '\u00FF', '\u00D6', '\u00DC', '\u00A2', '\u00A3', '\u00A5', '\u20A7', '\u0192',
  '\u00E1', '\u00ED', '\u00F3', '\u00FA', '\u00F1', '\u00D1', '\u00AA', '\u00BA', '\u00BF', '\u2310', '\u00AC', '\u00BD', '\u00BC', '\u00A1', '\u00AB', '\u00BB',
  '\u2591', '\u2592', '\u2593', '\u2502', '\u2524', '\u2561', '\u2562', '\u2556', '\u2555', '\u2563', '\u2551', '\u2557', '\u255D', '\u255C', '\u255B', '\u2510',
  '\u2514', '\u2534', '\u252C', '\u251C', '\u2500', '\u253C', '\u255E', '\u255F', '\u255A', '\u2554', '\u2569', '\u2566', '\u2560', '\u2550', '\u256C', '\u2567',
  '\u2568', '\u2564', '\u2565', '\u2559', '\u2558', '\u2552', '\u2553', '\u256B', '\u256A', '\u2518', '\u250C', '\u2588', '\u2584', '\u258C', '\u2590', '\u2580',
  '\u03B1', '\u00DF', '\u0393', '\u03C0', '\u03A3', '\u03C3', '\u00B5', '\u03C4', '\u03A6', '\u0398', '\u03A9', '\u03B4', '\u221E', '\u03C6', '\u03B5', '\u2229',
  '\u2261', '\u00B1', '\u2265', '\u2264', '\u2320', '\u2321', '\u00F7', '\u2248', '\u00B0', '\u2219', '\u00B7', '\u221A', '\u207F', '\u00B2', '\u25A0', '\u00A0'
]


binstr = b''
with open(sys.argv[1], 'rb') as f:
  binstr = f.read()

utf8str = ''

for chr in binstr:
  if chr == 0x0d: # skip carriage return
    continue
  utf8str += substtable[chr]

print(utf8str)