Utility to Extract Columns From Text Files

Key Features of Extract Columns From Text and HTML Files Software

• Column Extractor is a text and HTML parsing utility designed to extract specific columns of data from unstructured or semi-structured files.
• In data migration and research tasks, users often encounter data stuck in "report" formats—text files where data is visually aligned in columns using spaces, but not technically separated by delimiters (like commas).
• This software allows users to define column boundaries visually and extract just the data they need.
• The interface allows users to load a text file or paste data from the clipboard.
• Users then click to define the "start" and "end" points of the columns they wish to harvest.
• The software strips away the surrounding text and outputs the selected columns as a clean list.
• This is particularly useful for scraping data from legacy mainframe reports, log files, or copied HTML tables that lost their formatting.
• Column Extractor supports batch processing, allowing the same column extraction logic to be applied to multiple files.
• The output can be saved as a text file or exported to Excel for further analysis.
• It is a niche but powerful time-saver for anyone who frequently has to clean up "human-readable" text files for machine processing.

Technical Specifications

• Publisher: Sobolsoft.com
• License: Shareware
• Operating System: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
• Category: Development And IT / Coding Utilities