What is a TXT file?

What is a TXT file?

TXT file stands for ‘Text File Document’. TXT is a basic text file format that stores plain text and is a widely compatible text format. A TXT file consists of text without complex formatting or styling. Therefore, they are easy to create and edit. Also, avoiding styling makes their file sizes small compared to other file formats. It was developed in the 1960s. Apart from storing basic text information, They are used to store more complex data, such as code and scripts....

Where is TXT used?

TXT files are used for a wide variety of uses, including:...

How to open TXT files?

Opening a TXT file does not require any specialized software. Most operating systems have built-in text editor which can be used to open a TXT file. To open TXT files on Windows, Notepad is used. In Linux, Gedit is used and in Mac, TextEdit is used. All these are built-in text editors of respective Operating systems. The steps to open a TXT file are:...

How to create TXT files?

Similar to opening a TXT file, creating a TXT is also done using preinstalled text editors like Notepad (Windows), TextEdit (MAC) and Gedit (Linux). To create a TXT file just open one of this software, type your contents and then save the file. These file editors by default save files as TXT. So, you do not need to change anything just type the contents and save the contents. It will be saved as a TXT file. The steps to create a TXT file are:...

Applications using TXT files

Many software and operating systems use TXT files to save application logs and system logs. It is also used in many applications to save config files and data. Programmers use it to save their codes and scripts....

Benefits?

Some advantages of TXT files over other text file formats are given below:...