How to make a .cat file from a .txt file

Question

I'm having trouble in converting a .txt file into a .cat file.

It's a dictionary (LIWC2007 italian)which separates words into categories; I have to load it on WordStat 6.1. WordStat won't see any non-.cat files when I try to load the dictionary.

How do I convert the file? Looking on the web wasn't helpful.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Do you need to change the format/content of the file, or just the name? — alroc, Jul 09 '14 at 16:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 09 '14 at 16:07

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Try using the 'ren' command. So ren filename.txt filename.cat.

answered Jul 09 '14 at 16:07

wahiddudin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '14 at 16:11

You did not specify what OS you are on but on windows you can open the command prompt and use the move command to rename the file with the *.cat extention something like this should work move myfile.txt myfile.cat this may still not work however if the program is looking for more than just the extension.

How to make a .cat file from a .txt file

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