The .env:
UTF8=été
UTF8_QUOTED="été"
Python code:
import os
import dotenv
dotenv.load_dotenv()
print(list(os.environ.get('UTF8')))
print(list(os.environ.get('UTF8_QUOTED')))
Output:
> python foo.py
['\\', 'x', 'e', '9', 't', '\\', 'x', 'e', '9']
['é', 't', 'é']
Expected output:
> python foo.py
['é', 't', 'é']
['é', 't', 'é']