Batch convert HTML files to TXT files

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to batch convert HTML files to TXT files?

Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop HTML to TXT converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Batch convert HTML to TXT, 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 HTML file(s) to online services.
Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

Select From “Files” “HTML” To “Files” “TXT”.

And config the first source HTML file.

List source HTML files.

After converting, you can view output TXT files.

HTML → TXT reference

Value kind	in HTML	in TXT
Int	`<td>1234</td>`	`1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column`
Bigint	`<td>9007199254740993</td>`	`9007199254740993`
Decimal	`<td>1234.56</td>`	`1234.56`
Float	`<td>1.234e+10</td>`	`1.234e+10`
Text	`<td>text</td>`	`written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout`
Long text	`<td>multi-line text</td> (entities for & <)`	`written as-is`
Date	`<td>2026-09-18</td>`	`whatever the writer chose`
Datetime	`<td>2026-09-18 14:30:00</td>`	`whatever the writer chose`
Binary	`not representable in a cell`	`not representable`
Boolean	`<td>true</td>`	`Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE`
JSON	`<td>{"a":1}</td> (quotes escaped)`	`written as-is`

Both HTML and TXT are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.

Property	in HTML	in TXT
identifiers	`Attribute values in quotes; entities for reserved characters`	`None by convention`
dates	`Whatever text was rendered`	`Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed`
binary	`data: URIs inside src attributes`	`Not supported`
separator	`Tags, not delimiters`	`Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths`
encoding	`Declared in a meta charset tag or the HTTP header`	`No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM`
typing	`None`	`None - every field is text`
shape	`Free form; tables are row/column structures inside markup`	`Free form; a parser has to be told the layout`

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