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Convert text file to ANSI format

I am running two Powershell scripts. One Powershell script adds the host name to a text file. Other Powershell script appends the ip address of the machine to the same file. So, the .txt file looks as follows: hostname ipaddress But, this file is being saved in Unicode format by default. What can I do so that, the text file is stored in ANSI format?

I use PowerShell v2.0. 

[System.Text.Encoding]::Default 

IsSingleByte : True
BodyName : iso-8859-1 
EncodingName : Western European (Windows) 
HeaderName : Windows-1252 
WebName : Windows-1252
WindowsCodePage : 1252
IsBrowserDisplay : True
IsBrowserSave : True
IsMailNewsDisplay : True
IsMailNewsSave : True
EncoderFallback : System.Text.InternalEncoderBestFitFallback
DecoderFallback : System.Text.InternalDecoderBestFitFallback
IsReadOnly : True 
CodePage : 1252
Solution

  • The following solved my problem:

    Out-File 'file.txt' -Append -Encoding Ascii

    This enabled me to save the file in ANSI format.