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SamTools | SamTools | ||
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SAS | SAS | ||
Revision as of 09:13, 21 November 2013
Add any unusual file formats here along with the programs that can be used to open, view, or edit the files. Many of these file types are viewable as plain text using Text Edit or Notepad.
This list is alphabetical by file extension.
Several of these programs can be used through UNC's Virtual Lab found here
For lists of nonproprietary formats based on data type, see this wikipedia article.
For summary of file formats based on file type, see here.
Contents
A
.ale
Avid (ASCII)
B
C
.csv
Comm-separated values
Status
Nonproprietary
Ideal Format
.csv
D
.dat
Matlab
.doc
Text document
Program
Microsoft Word (1997-2003)
Status
Proprietary
Ideal Format
.txt, PDF/A
.docx
Text document
Program
Microsoft Word (2007-)
Status
Nonproprietary, patented
Ideal Format
.txt
.dta
Stata
Can be converted using StatTransfer
E
.eps
(Encapsulated PostScript Image File) Preview
F
.faa
FASTA
.fas
FASTA
.fasta
FASTA
.fastq
FASTA
.fq
FASTA
G
.geneious
Geneious
.gph
Stata
.gz
Unarchiver (Mac only)
Status
Nonproprietary
.gtx
Genetix
Program
Genetix, opens in TextEdit
H
I
.inp
ArcGIS
J
.jpg
(Image file)
Preview (Mac only)
Ideal Format
TIFF, JPEG2000
K
L
log
Stata
SAS
M
.m
Matlab
.mat
Matlab
.mnb
(Math Notebook)
Adobe
Wolfram CDF Player
.mxd
ArcGIS (PC Only)
Available through UNC's Virtual Lab
contact Phil McDaniel (GIS Librarian @ Davis for questions)
philip_mcdaniel@unc.edu
N
.nex
Nexus (ASCII)
.nxs
Nexus (ASCII)
.nwk
Opens in textedit/notepad
O
.odp
OpenOffice Presentation
.ods
OpenOffice Spreadsheet
.odt
OpenOffice Text
P
Portable Document Format
Program
Adobe
Status
Proprietary
Ideal Format
Text: .txt
Graph: ???
Image: .jpg
.phy
Source's collision model
.pse
Molecular model image
Program
PyMOL
Status
Proprietary (but much of it is open source)
Q
R
.r
R
.rar
UnRarX
.rdata
R
.rtf
Rich text format
.raw
Genome file
Program
PLINK
can also be opened in TextEdit
S
.sam
SamTools
.BAM is the binary version of .SAM. We prefer SAM because it is a tab-delimited text file and easily readable.
.sas
SAS
Can be converted using StatTransfer
.sff
SFF Workbench (PC only)
.shp
ArcGIS (PC only)
(should have .shp, .dbf, and .shx files of same name to open in ARCviewer or ARCcataloger, .prj is optional file)
Available through UNC's Virtual Lab
contact Phil McDaniel (GIS Librarian @ Davis for questions)
philip_mcdaniel@unc.edu
.smcl
Stata
(Alternate extension for .log files)
.spv
SPSS
Can also be converted using StatTransfer
T
.tar
7zip (PC only)
Unarchiver (Mac only)
Status
Nonproprietary
.tar.gz
7zip (PC only)
Unarchiver (Mac only)
Status
Nonproprietary
.tgz
Variant of .tar.gz
Program
7zip (PC only)
Unarchiver (Mac only)
Status
Nonproprietary
.tnt
Super Matrix
Can be opened in textedit/notepad
.txt
Text file
Status
Nonproprietary
Ideal Format
.txt
.tre
NEXUS tree file
Program
TreView
Opening
Can be opened in TextEdit/Notepad
U
V
.vcf
Variant Call Format
Program
IGV
SamTools
W
X
.xls
Spreadsheet
Program
Microsoft Excel (1997-2003)
Status
Proprietary
Ideal Format
.csv, ASCII
.xlsx
Spreadsheet
Program
Microsoft Excel (2007-)
Status
Nonproprietary, patented
Ideal Format
.csv
Y
Z
.zip
Compressed file(s)
Program
7zip (PC only)
Unarchiver (Mac only)
Status
Nonproprietary, patented
