Specify output_file encoding as utf-8 (PyCQA#364)

Co-authored-by: Eric Brown <ericwb@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Luke Hinds <7058938+lukehinds@users.noreply.github.com>
mikespallino · Aug 25, 2021 · 7603e74 · 7603e74
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diff --git a/bandit/cli/main.py b/bandit/cli/main.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def main():
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '-o', '--output', dest='output_file', action='store', nargs='?',
-        type=argparse.FileType('w'), default=sys.stdout,
+        type=argparse.FileType('w', encoding='utf-8'), default=sys.stdout,
         help='write report to filename'
     )
     group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=False)