Batch convert TXT files to HTML table files

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to batch convert TXT files to HTML files?

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Batch convert TXT files to HTML tables

Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

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

And config the first source TXT file.

List source TXT files.

After converting, you can view output HTML tables.

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

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

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

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