# copying file.j2 to the mahine returning error

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/copying-file-j2-to-the-mahine-returning-error/28965>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 7, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copying-file-j2-to-the-mahine-returning-error/28965 "2018-11-07T15:09:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copying-file-j2-to-the-mahine-returning-error/28965/1 "2018-11-07T15:09:30Z")

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I have a configuration file.j2 , I am trying to copy the file from ansible templates to destination(server)  
it keeps giving the below error

fatal: [uat\_cdxdb]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Template source files must be utf-8 encoded”}

please advice ?