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In [1]: s = "x\\xda\\x15\\xc1m\\x13B0\\x00\\x00\\xe0_\\xe4NY\\x97>\\xf8`\\xde\\xc6e\\xa1X\\xe7\\xcb\\x8eU\\x13S\\xcd\\x1
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...: 66(U\\x99\\x12o\\x94\\x82\\x9c\\xd9\\xf3\\xa7\\x9fjW\\xea \\nNX*\\xbe\\x1f\\xa9\\x18`\\xec\\xd9\\xc1\\x8c\\x87C\
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...: 8d\\xe9\\x93a\\x12\\xad\\x0f\\xd2<c\\xe5\\x94\\x80NR.\\x9f\\xb7k@\\rM\\xa4\\x84\\xe3\\xa5\\xbal'\\xcb\\xfa\\x01\
...: \xfbX83"
...:
In [2]: s
Out[2]: "x\\xda\\x15\\xc1m\\x13B0\\x00\\x00\\xe0_\\xe4NY\\x97>\\xf8`\\xde\\xc6e\\xa1X\\xe7\\xcb\\x8eU\\x13S\\xcd\\x14\\xfa\\xf5]\\xcf\\xc3\\xed?\\xd88\\x1dj{U\\x1fw\\x8b\\xa3\\xaf\\x8d\\xd0|\\xd4e1\\xae$\\xabH\\xf7\\xcd\\x92\\x166(U\\x99\\x12o\\x94\\x82\\x9c\\xd9\\xf3\\xa7\\x9fjW\\xea \\nNX*\\xbe\\x1f\\xa9\\x18`\\xec\\xd9\\xc1\\x8c\\x87C\\x18\\x01\\\\\\x94\\x05\\xa1$\\x19\\x8d/T\\xcaG\\xf2\\x1c\\x8a\\xbb\\xcb\\x90\\xd7\\xf6\\x1eaZ\\xff\\xaa\\xe2\\x8d\\xe9\\x93a\\x12\\xad\\x0f\\xd2<c\\xe5\\x94\\x80NR.\\x9f\\xb7k@\\rM\\xa4\\x84\\xe3\\xa5\\xbal'\\xcb\\xfa\\x01\\xfbX83"
In [3]: s.encode('utf-8')
Out[3]: b"x\\xda\\x15\\xc1m\\x13B0\\x00\\x00\\xe0_\\xe4NY\\x97>\\xf8`\\xde\\xc6e\\xa1X\\xe7\\xcb\\x8eU\\x13S\\xcd\\x14\\xfa\\xf5]\\xcf\\xc3\\xed?\\xd88\\x1dj{U\\x1fw\\x8b\\xa3\\xaf\\x8d\\xd0|\\xd4e1\\xae$\\xabH\\xf7\\xcd\\x92\\x166(U\\x99\\x12o\\x94\\x82\\x9c\\xd9\\xf3\\xa7\\x9fjW\\xea \\nNX*\\xbe\\x1f\\xa9\\x18`\\xec\\xd9\\xc1\\x8c\\x87C\\x18\\x01\\\\\\x94\\x05\\xa1$\\x19\\x8d/T\\xcaG\\xf2\\x1c\\x8a\\xbb\\xcb\\x90\\xd7\\xf6\\x1eaZ\\xff\\xaa\\xe2\\x8d\\xe9\\x93a\\x12\\xad\\x0f\\xd2<c\\xe5\\x94\\x80NR.\\x9f\\xb7k@\\rM\\xa4\\x84\\xe3\\xa5\\xbal'\\xcb\\xfa\\x01\\xfbX83"
In [4]: type(s.encode('utf-8'))
Out[4]: bytes