Batch convert TXT files to XML files

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to batch convert TXT files to XML files?

Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop TXT to XML converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Batch 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.

Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

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

And config the first source TXT file.

List source TXT files.

After converting, you can view output XML files.

TXT → XML reference

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`

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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