What are Text Files?

Simply put, Text Files contain text and are the most common type of file. Text Files can contain plain text as well as rich text formats. Any computer user can create a plain text file using a simple program like Notepad.

Generally, it is a computer file that is in human-readable form and uses data in sequence of lines stored as electronic text. Text files are also used by software developers to store essential program data such as log information related to software events. Because of their simple encoding, text files are also utilized as a hassle-free method for data storage.

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File Database Breakdown - Text File Extensions


Top Text File Extensions

File Extension Total Number of Files Oldest File (Date) Latest File (Date)
DOC 41 winword2.doc
(04/14/2008)
pdb.doc
(02/27/2020)
FDT 11 Customer Support.fdt
(05/10/2017)
Hiring Requisition.fdt
(01/22/2020)
MSG 134 FPEXT.MSG
(02/08/1999)
unins000.msg
(03/06/2020)
APPCACHE 2 threshold[1].appcache
(04/24/2017)
calibre.appcache
(12/28/2019)
MOF 577 aaclient.mof
(09/18/2006)
14C5A2A3C41254184B007011E5565E5B.mof
(03/04/2020)
WER 1 Report.wer
(04/24/2017)
Report.wer
(05/10/2017)
LST 61 ACME.LST
(05/10/2017)
AdobeFnt07.lst
(02/24/2020)
TXT 11421 gmreadme.txt
(09/18/2006)
0.1.filtertrie.intermediate.txt
(03/30/2020)
GPD 4200 BR1660.GPD
(09/18/2006)
233ad48d.gpd
(03/30/2020)
TAB 44 AUSCITYA.TAB
(05/10/2017)
EBCDIC.tab
(02/05/2020)
JFM 16 vedatamodel.jfm
(04/24/2017)
SRUDB.jfm
(02/24/2020)
BDR 43 MSART1.BDR
(05/10/2017)
MSART8.BDR
(02/15/2020)
LOG 8741 MSDTC.LOG
(09/18/2006)
HighPerformancePlan.log
(03/30/2020)
WPD 1 wordpfct.wpd
(04/14/2008)
wordpfct.wpd
(04/14/2008)
SIG 213 oembios.sig
(04/14/2008)
BrowserCat.sig
(03/05/2020)
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