What are Text Files?

Simply put, Text Files contain text and are the most common type of file. Text Files can contain plain text as well as rich text formats. Any computer user can create a plain text file using a simple program like Notepad.

Generally, it is a computer file that is in human-readable form and uses data in sequence of lines stored as electronic text. Text files are also used by software developers to store essential program data such as log information related to software events. Because of their simple encoding, text files are also utilized as a hassle-free method for data storage.

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Text File Types

File Database Breakdown - Text File Extensions


Top Text File Extensions

File Extension Total Number of Files Oldest File (Date) Latest File (Date)
MOF 577 aaclient.mof
(09/18/2006)
14C5A2A3C41254184B007011E5565E5B.mof
(03/04/2020)
LST 61 ACME.LST
(05/10/2017)
AdobeFnt07.lst
(02/24/2020)
SIG 213 secupd.sig
(04/14/2008)
BrowserCat.sig
(03/05/2020)
GPD 4200 BR1660.GPD
(09/18/2006)
233ad48d.gpd
(03/30/2020)
LOG 8741 MSDTC.LOG
(09/18/2006)
HighPerformancePlan.log
(03/30/2020)
DOC 41 winword2.doc
(04/14/2008)
pdb.doc
(02/27/2020)
JFM 16 vedatamodel.jfm
(04/24/2017)
SRUDB.jfm
(02/24/2020)
TAB 44 AUSCITYA.TAB
(05/10/2017)
EBCDIC.tab
(02/05/2020)
WPD 1 wordpfct.wpd
(04/14/2008)
wordpfct.wpd
(04/14/2008)
WER 1 Report.wer
(04/24/2017)
Report.wer
(05/10/2017)
BDR 43 MSART1.BDR
(05/10/2017)
MSART8.BDR
(02/15/2020)
FDT 11 Hiring Requisition.fdt
(05/10/2017)
Hiring Requisition.fdt
(01/22/2020)
APPCACHE 2 threshold[1].appcache
(04/24/2017)
calibre.appcache
(12/28/2019)
MSG 134 FPEXT.MSG
(02/08/1999)
unins000.msg
(03/06/2020)
TXT 11421 gmreadme.txt
(09/18/2006)
0.1.filtertrie.intermediate.txt
(03/30/2020)
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