# Change file encoding
##  Change file encoding
### Description
The Change File Encoding transform changes a text file from one encoding to another.
| Hop Engine | ✓ |
| ---------- | ------------ |
| Spark | ? |
| Flink | ? |
| Dataflow | ? |
### Options
* Transform name : the name of the transform, unique in a pipeline
* Source file
* Filename field : the name of the input field which will carry the file names at runtime
* Source encoding: the encoding of the text files
* Add source filename to the result filenames? : Check this if you want to add the source file(s) automatically to the files list of the result of the pipeline.
* Target file
* Target filename field: the name of the input field which will contain the target (output) file name at runtime
* Create parent folder: checking this field automatically creates the output folder specified in the target filename field.
* Target encoding: you can select the target encoding here
* Add target filename to the result filenames? : Check this if you want to add the target file(s) automatically to the files list of the result of the pipeline.
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