File extension CSV
| File type | Comma Separated Value Format |
| Developer | N/A |
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What is a CSV file?
The file extension .CSV refers to a popular file type known as the comma separated value files. These are mostly used as open data set files.
The file structure of the CSV file as the name suggests is mostly based on the separation of data using a delimiter which in most cases is a comma (,). The file structure of CSV states that the new line in a CSV file corresponds to new record in the database and ever word after a comma signifies the value for attributes. Thus the fields are separated by comma and records are represented as individual lines in a CSV data file.
Program(s) that can open the .CSV file
Windows
Linux
More information about CSV file
CSV (Comma Separated Values) file format is used by various spreadsheet software. CSV files are text files that can store text and numerical data organized in tables. CSV files are similar to normal text files.
Comma-separated values
Comma Separated Values (CSV) – the name of this format comes from the fact that data sets in such file are seperated by commas. In CSV file each line represents single data record, and records can contain one or more fields separated by commas.
Support for CSV files
CSV files are commonly used for transferring data between spreadsheet or database software, typically large amount of information such as contacts or client data. Most data processing software recognizes CSV format, and thus exporting CSV data directly to given application is a relatively simple process.
Issues with commas
CSV format isn’t completely standardized and some issues with separating values by commas can arise. Usually such problems manifest themselves when data fields contain commas or line splits. Such fields are either unrecognized or use quotation marks to surround values. However, quotation marks don’t solve all the problems as some fields require values to be embedded in quotation marks by default. In such case CSV implementation must employ additional characters or escape sequences.
How to open CSV files
If you cannot open the CSV file on your computer - there may be several reasons. The first and most important reason (the most common) is the lack of a suitable software that supports CSV among those that are installed on your device.
A very simple way to solve this problem is to find and download the appropriate application. The first part of the task has already been done – the software supporting the CSV file can be found in the table. Now just download and install the appropriate application.
Possible problems with the CSV format files
The inability to open and operate the CSV file does not necessarily mean that you do not have an appropriate software installed on your computer. There may be other problems that also block our ability to operate the Comma Separated Value Format file. Below is a list of possible problems.
- Corruption of a CSV file which is being opened
- Incorrect links to the CSV file in registry entries.
- Accidental deletion of the description of the CSV from the Windows registry
- Incomplete installation of an application that supports the CSV format
- The CSV file which is being opened is infected with an undesirable malware.
- The computer does not have enough hardware resources to cope with the opening of the CSV file.
- Drivers of equipment used by the computer to open a CSV file are out of date.
If you are sure that all of these reasons do not exist in your case (or have already been eliminated), the CSV file should operate with your programs without any problem. If the problem with the CSV file has not been solved, it may be due to the fact that in this case there is also another rare problem with the CSV file. In this case, the only you can do is to ask for assistance of a professional staff.
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This extension
can be converted to:
- CSV to SPB
- CSV to ACCDB
- CSV to DOC
- CSV to ODS
- CSV to OFX
- CSV to PDF
- CSV to RTF
- CSV to TXT
- CSV to VCF
- CSV to XLS
- CSV to XLSB
- CSV to XLSHTML
- CSV to XLSM
- CSV to XLSX
- CSV to ACCDR
- CSV to ARFF
- CSV to BCM
- CSV to ICS
- CSV to QIF
- CSV to SAV
- CSV to TXF
- CSV to DB
- CSV to JPG
- CSV to DBF
- CSV to DIF
- CSV to DOCX
- CSV to FP3
- CSV to FP5
- CSV to GDB
- CSV to GFORM
- CSV to GSHEET
- CSV to GTABLE
- CSV to JSON
- CSV to KML
- CSV to MDB
- CSV to MDE
- CSV to MDF
- CSV to MDT
- CSV to MIDI
- CSV to MSG
- CSV to NUMBERS
- CSV to OSM
- CSV to OTS
- CSV to PRN
- CSV to PSB
- CSV to PXL
- CSV to QFX
- CSV to RPMSG
- CSV to SDF
- CSV to SHP
- CSV to SLK
- CSV to SMM
- CSV to SQLITE
- CSV to STC
- CSV to STX
- CSV to SXC
- CSV to TDL
- CSV to UOS
- CSV to VCS
- CSV to VOR
- CSV to WAB
- CSV to WDB
- CSV to WK1
- CSV to WK4
- CSV to WKS
- CSV to WQ1
- CSV to WQ2
- CSV to XLC
- CSV to XLSMHTML
- CSV to XLTX
- CSV to XML
- CSV to VCARD
- CSV to XMLX
- CSV to ECSV
- CSV to XCEL
- CSV to SME
- CSV to S3DB
- CSV to WKQ
- CSV to SBU
- CSV to ATOMSVC
- CSV to SPBA
- CSV to EXCEL
- CSV to HTML
- CSV to FDB
How to associate the file with an installed software?
If you want to associate a file with a new program (e.g. my-file.CSV) you have two ways to do it. The first and the easiest one is to right-click on the selected CSV file. From the drop-down menu select "Choose default program", then click "Browse" and find the desired program. The whole operation must be confirmed by clicking OK. The second and more difficult to do is associate the CSV file extension to the corresponding software in the Windows Registry.
Is there one way to open unknown files?
Many files contain only simple text data. It is possible that while opening unknown files (e.g. CSV) with a simple text editor like Windows Notepad will allow us to see some of the data encoded in the file. This method allows you to preview the contents of many files, but probably not in such a structure as a program dedicated to support them.