Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "words.py", line 10, in <module>
    t = re.sub("'","",word)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/re.py", line 191, in sub
    return _compile(pattern, flags).sub(repl, string, count)
TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object


#code

import requests
import re
word_site = "http://svnweb.freebsd.org/csrg/share/dict/words?view=co&content-ty$

response = requests.get(word_site)
WORDS = response.content.splitlines()
for word in WORDS:
#       print(word)

        t = re.sub("'","",word)
        print(t)


:::

before tried:

import requests
import re
word_site = "http://svnweb.freebsd.org/csrg/share/dict/words?view=co&content-ty$

response = requests.get(word_site)
WORDS = response.content.splitlines()
for word in WORDS:
       print(word)

>>>> output
::: # I want to strip off the beginning b and the single quotes.

b'zigging'
b'zigzag'
b'zigzagging'
b'zilch'
b'zillion'
b'Zimmerman'
b'zinc'
b'zing'
b'zinnia'
b'Zion'
b'zip'
b'zircon'
b'zirconium'
b'zither'
b'zloty'
b'zodiac'
b'zodiacal'
b'Zoe'
b'Zomba'
b'zombie'
b'zone'
b'zoo'
b'zoology'
b'zoom'
b'zooplankton'
b'Zorn'
b'Zoroaster'
b'Zoroastrian'
b'zounds'
b"z's"
b'zucchini'
b'Zulu'
b'Zurich'
b'zygote'