How to Create a CSV File. A CSV file is a text file that is formatted as a table. Each line has data that is separated from each other by commas.

The process is similar to creating any plain text file in PowerShell -- but with a few twists.

A CSV file is a “comma-separated values” file. In plain English, this is a text file that contains an unusually large amount of data. More often than not, this is used in order to create ...

Since CSV is a plain text format, it's universally compatible, and you don't need any specialized software to read these files. The same cannot be said about XLSX.

How to Create Pipe Delimited Files in Excel 2010. Microsoft Excel allows you to export spreadsheet data to a number of common formats for use with other applications.