# How to open the .dat file

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-open-the-dat-file/490
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [August 29, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-open-the-dat-file/490 "2018-08-29T01:27:56Z")
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### Author: ![kingpo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a183cd/32.png) [@kingpo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kingpo)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-open-the-dat-file/490/1 "2018-08-29T01:27:56Z")

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I have a .dat file. How to open it use the paraview. The contents of the document are as follows:  
VARIABLES = “X”,“Z”  
ZONE I=47,F=POINT  
60.1806 1.0000  
66.7734 1.0000  
66.9540 1.0833  
68.8506 1.0833  
69.3924 1.2500  
69.9343 1.5000  
70.2956 1.4167  
70.4762 1.3333  
70.8374 1.2500  
71.3793 1.3333  
71.6502 1.4167  
72.1018 1.5000  
72.5534 1.7500  
73.1856 2.0000  
73.5468 2.1667  
73.8177 2.2500  
75.2627 2.3333  
76.1658 2.4167  
76.6174 2.5000  
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