Extract text from Data list files (LST)
To convert LST Lists to another format, you need Notepad++ or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Plain Text List File" file type, you need software like Notepad++ or a similar tool.
The .LST file extension is a generic container heavily used by dozens of applications to store sequential data, logs, or configurations. Its most common applications include Adobe Font List files generated by Adobe Acrobat, massive password wordlists for security tools, Oracle SQL*Plus output logs, Nikon Coolpix camera XML settings, and combit List & Label project files. Because it is essentially a plaintext or basic XML format, it lacks a strict universal standard.
The biggest disadvantage of an .LST file is its ambiguity. Since it has no fixed structure, operating systems rarely know which application should open it by default. Double-clicking an .LST file often results in an OS error or opens a garbled mess if the text encoding (such as UTF-16) is not recognized. Furthermore, wordlists and SQL log files can easily exceed gigabytes in size, completely freezing standard built-in text editors.
To make this data easily readable and shareable across modern devices, you should convert it. For human readability and archiving, convert to PDF. For structured data extraction or spreadsheet use, convert to CSV or XLSX. For raw code inspection, convert to standard TXT with UTF-8 encoding.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LST file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted IST, LTS, TXT, PDF, ZIP, IDML, DSC, KWZ, GZ, INDD, LOG, LSV and JPG files.
If you want to convert LST file to INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10, PM11, OMP or P65, you can use Notepad++ or similar software from the "Generic Text Data List" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MDI, PUB, PDP, PM4, P65, COMIC, WEBTEMPLATE, PMD, SPUB, INDD, PM5 or QXP files to LST, try Notepad++ or another comparable tool in the "Generic Text Data List" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our LST converter.