Want to convert CSV file to TSV file?
Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop CSV to TSV converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Convert CSV to TSV, 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 CSV file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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Convert CSV to TSV
Choose CSV file -> Set TSV file -> Convert CSV to TSV
“Start a New Convert” for “CSV to TSV”.
Select From “File” “CSV” To “File” “TSV”.
1. Open source CSV file.
Support large CSV file ( > 4GB ).
Source CSV file’s content is like this:
2. Config target TSV file.
3. Set rows options.
4. Convert CSV to TSV.
After converting, you can view the output TSV file.
More about CSV to TSV converter
Download Withdata DataFileConverter
Windows 64 bit
Windows 32 bit
Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit
Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit
MacOS 64 bit
See also:
CSV → TSV reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in CSV | in TSV |
|---|---|---|
| Text | quoted only when it contains a comma or a quote | unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column |
| Long text | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records | unquoted; newlines break the row |
| Binary | not representable - base64 or hex string | not representable |
| Boolean | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer | TRUE / FALSE |
| JSON | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled | the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay) |
Dialect differences
Both CSV and TSV are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.
| Property | in CSV | in TSV |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) | Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it |
| binary | Not supported | Not supported - must be encoded |
| separator | Comma "," | Tab |
| ceiling | No formal limit; row count bounded by memory | No formal limit |
Convert CSV to TSV the easy way
Use the CSV to TSV converter — an offline desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Nothing to upload, large files and batch runs supported (free trial).
New to the format? Read what a TSV file is (and how it differs from CSV).