Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your LOGIN file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert LOGIN to another file type
To convert your LOGIN file to another format, you need Notepad++ or other Text software.
Convert a file to LOGIN
To convert other file formats to the "Configuration & Data" file type, you need software like Notepad++ or a similar tool.
About LOGIN files
The .login file extension represents two distinct, high-stakes data types that often confuse users due to their lack of native support on modern operating systems.
First and most commonly (59%), this file is an e-QIP application archival copy generated by the U.S. Government's e-QIP system during background check processing (Standard Form 86). Users typically encounter this file after downloading their records for safekeeping. The practical constraint here is often a naming error: the system may save the file as data.login or user.login instead of the intended PDF or HTML format. Consequently, users cannot open their critical security clearance documents, leading to significant anxiety.
Secondly, in Unix and Linux environments, a .login file is a configuration script used by the C shell (csh) or TC shell (tcsh). It executes commands specifically when a user logs in, setting environment variables and terminal settings. Less frequently, this may also refer to the ELF binary executable for the login process itself. These files are plain text but require technical knowledge to edit safely.
Conversion Best Practices:
For e-QIP Files: The best 'conversion' is often identification. Open the file in a hex editor or text editor like Notepad++ to check the header. If it starts with %PDF, simply rename the extension to .PDF. If it contains tags, rename to HTML.
For Unix Scripts: Convert to TXT for documentation or viewing on non-Unix systems. Use PDF for archiving code snapshots.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LOGIN file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert LOGIN file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Notepad++ or similar software from the "e-QIP Archival Copy" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to LOGIN, try Notepad++ or another comparable tool in the "e-QIP Archival Copy" category.
The LOGIN 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 LOGIN converter.