DUMP Converter

Extract text from DUMP files

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How to extract text from your DUMP file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DUMP file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert DUMP to another file type

To convert your DUMP file to another format, you need PostgreSQL or other Database software.

Convert a file to DUMP

To convert other file formats to the "Backup & Recovery" file type, you need software like PostgreSQL or a similar tool.

About DUMP files

A .DUMP file is a generic container predominantly used for PostgreSQL database backups and system memory crash reports. When generated by database management systems like PostgreSQL (specifically using pg_dump), these files often utilize a proprietary "Custom" binary format (PGDMP) that compresses schema and data for efficient storage.

Common Problems:
User friction arises because these binary .DUMP files cannot be opened in standard text editors like Notepad++. They require a running database server and specific command-line tools (like pg_restore) just to view the contents, creating a "black box" for users who simply need to extract a table or debug an error without setting up a local server environment. Similarly, system core dumps (created during application crashes on Unix/Linux) are raw binary memory images that are unreadable without a debugger like GDB.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Database Access: Convert .DUMP to SQL to get a human-readable script of the database structure and data. For data analysis in spreadsheets, converting the data payload to CSV or XLSX is essential for use in Microsoft Excel.
For Crash Analysis: System core dumps should be processed to extract a TXT stack trace, allowing developers to read the crash log without the full binary artifact.
For Network Traffic: If the file is a packet capture (created by tcpdump), convert it to PCAP for analysis in Wireshark.

Convert.Guru analyzes your DUMP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted DMP, RTP, SQL, CSSTOREDUMP, DUM, NFC, TXT, JP2, RAW, PUML, MDMP, BIN and PCAP files.

FAQ

If you want to convert DUMP file to SQL, CSV, JSON, PCAP, TAR, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C or CS, you can use PostgreSQL or similar software from the "Database Backup & Recovery" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to DUMP, try PostgreSQL or another comparable tool in the "Database Backup & Recovery" category.

The DUMP Converter Story

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 DUMP converter.