Want to convert TXT file to XML file?
Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop TXT to XML converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Convert TXT to XML, Easy and Fast.
- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Convert files locally and privately, avoid uploading large TXT file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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Convert TXT to XML
Choose TXT file -> Set XML file -> Convert TXT to XML
“Start a New Convert” for “TXT to XML”.
Select From “File” “TXT” To “File” “XML”.
1. Open source TXT file.
Support large TXT file ( > 4GB ).
Don’t worry about the delimiter, DataFileConverter will automatically determine the delimiter, includes comma, tab, colon, semicolon, pipe, hash (octothorpe), slash, asterisk, white space, and you can also enter a delimiter.
Source TXT file’s content is like this:
2. Config target XML file.
3. Set rows options.
4. Convert TXT to XML.
After converting, you can view the output XML file.
More about TXT to XML converter
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See also:
TXT → XML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in TXT | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | 1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column | <int>1234</int> |
| Bigint | 9007199254740993 | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> |
| Decimal | 1234.56 | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> |
| Float | 1.234e+10 | <float>1.234e10</float> |
| Text | written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout | <char>text</char> |
| Long text | written as-is | <text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <) |
| Date | whatever the writer chose | <date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD) |
| Datetime | whatever the writer chose | <datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime) |
| Binary | not representable | <blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary) |
| Boolean | Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE | <bool>true</bool> |
| JSON | written as-is | escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree |
Dialect differences
Both TXT and XML are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.
| Property | in TXT | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | None by convention | Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ... |
| dates | Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed | Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play) |
| binary | Not supported | base64Binary / hexBinary inside text |
| separator | Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths | Tags, not delimiters |
| encoding | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM | Declared in the XML declaration |
| typing | None - every field is text | None in the markup itself |
| shape | Free form; a parser has to be told the layout | Arbitrary tree |
| ceiling | No formal limit | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
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