You can open .DAT files that contain text, with text editors, like Notepad, Notepad++, VS Code, etc. But it is not possible to know what contains in a DAT file.

You can view a Text file in Command Prompt or PowerShell in Windows 11/10. You can view the entire content of TXT, a specific line, etc.

This post will show you how to open CSV files in Python using the CSV module. You'll also learn another method + how to write CSV files!

If you're tired of having to jump through hoops to open files with sudo privileges in the GNOME File Manager, Jack Wallen has just the trick you need.

In reality, though, when you double-click on it, it would instead open in Notepad because its true, but not visible, extension is actually .txt, which corresponds to a text file.

How to open other text formats in Word Notice how many file formats Word can open with its (hidden) built-in conversion utility.

This happens because Notepad is configured to open TXT files. If I changed the TXT file to the DOCX file extension, Microsoft Word would open it instead because my PC is configured to use Word for ...

In this article we show how to open and edit .docx files created in Microsoft Word on a Mac, iPhone or iPad, as well as how to save changes in a format that can be opened on a PC.