Convert TXT to XML

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.

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More about TXT to XML converter

See Video: Convert TXT file to XML file

See also:

• Merge multiple TXT files into one XML
• Batch convert TXT files to XML files

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 &amp; &lt;)
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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