TXT Files

TXT files are just ASCII text files. Our interest here is primarily in situations where a file in some other format is converted to ASCII. The information in the original file is presumably an image, or a marked-up document.

Programs to view a TXT file include:

• any editor program;

Programs to convert a TXT file to another format:

• PLOT_TO_PS "converts" a simple text description of a picture into a PS file.

Programs to convert another format to TXT format:

• The GhostScript command ps2ascii extracts the ASCII text from a PS file.
• The program PSTOTEXT extracts the ASCII text from a PS file.
• IVCON can read in a 3D image file in a variety of formats, and write out a TXT text file containing information about the image.
• IVREAD can read in a 3D image file in a variety of formats, and write out a TXT text file containing information about the image.

Sample TXT Files:

• dictionary.txt, a huge list of words;

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