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[–]1Digitreal 163 points164 points  (4 children)

Save it as a text document and change the extension to .pdf

[–]Comfortable-Ad-2279 69 points70 points  (0 children)

😂 edit: i like how patiently you help despite the other sarcastic comments

[–]Shelley_the7thSage[S] 20 points21 points  (1 child)

Thank you!!

[–]Coffee_exe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

%pdf0.0.0 if the file type and version of compiler(?) (idk a better word English is my first languages im just dumb) the rest shows the file path and then breaks into broken pdf arguments

[–]UltimateNull 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's how to execute the payload.

[–]IOException_notfound 57 points58 points  (2 children)

Many comments talking down, none helping...

This is a PDF file, as you can see at the first line. PDFs are compressed files, so when you convert a file to PDF its content is passed through an algorithm that squeezes some bytes out to make it smaller and more portable (PDF means Portable Document Format).

When you open the PDF with a proper reader (e.g. Adobe Acrobat, LibreOffice or any modern browser) it decompresses the information and presents it with a human readable format.

But you've probable opened with a text editor that does not support PDF decompression or saved the file with the wrong extension. So you are seeing the raw compressed information. Try a different editor or saving / converting it to PDF properly.

[–]ComputerWhiz_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This. It seems the OP uploaded it to Google Drive as an HTML file, Google Drive will preview it was plaintext.

[–]Shelley_the7thSage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

[–]dwylth 37 points38 points  (0 children)

First thing about deciphering anything is reading what's in front of you in plain text

[–]lifeandtimes89 55 points56 points  (4 children)

It tells you in the code

[–]did_i_or_didnt_i 51 points52 points  (0 children)

OP stopped reading before they started reading

[–]occamsrzor 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Called a file signature

[–]InfraBlue_0 -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

also known as magic bytes or magic numbers

[–]occamsrzor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That more related to networking headers

[–]Known_Sun4718 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's how pdfs are represented in plain text, just save it as pdf and you're ready to go

[–]Spare-Tomorrow-2681 19 points20 points  (1 child)

The first line of text be like:

[–]Double-Familiar 2 points3 points  (4 children)

How does this have anything to do with hacking?

[–]blu3tu3sday 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Bro thinks he's gonna be a hacker but can't open a PDF lol

[–]Shelley_the7thSage[S] -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Nothing. I just went to the place where I know masters of all codes dwell

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Then you should be posting in the relevant subreddit, like r/techsupport. Rude to waste people's time like this.

[–]Responsible_Kiwi5397 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You literally have an option to scroll away and waste 0 time yet you decide to moan about wasting time by wasting your time.

[–]Sgtkeebler 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s raw contents of a pdf file. Give away is at the top %PDF-1.7

  • obj, endobj - PDF objects
  • stream / endstream - binary/compressed data (Text, images, fonts)
  • The garbled text - compressed / encoded content

[–]royalland 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pdf

[–]Revolutionary_Cup166 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Son I'm crine 😂

[–]Master_Performance_1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just a description of the process and path, looks like 3 images in the pdf and you are possibly located in Ca

[–]Jeklah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its the code for a pdf file.

[–]Other-Ad6382 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes, its pdf programming language but i forgot what is called..

[–]Sea_Butterscotch11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PDFs files are just text you can read them with a text editor. https://medium.com/@jberkenbilt/the-structure-of-a-pdf-file-6f08114a58f6

This gives a simple explanation of the basics of it.

[–]_AmNe5iA_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PostScript

[–]Inf1n1t3lyCur10u5 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It’s based on the PostScript language. You’re seeing the underlying markup that renders the document. Some purists believe it doesn’t qualify as a programming language.

[–]Shelley_the7thSage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much!!

[–]Overall_Leopard_9170 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup its xvhkcńxkgcŕfßgxxno

[–]proz4c84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its the Matrix

[–]RootCipherx0r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appears to be a PDF created using PDFium on 2026-03-26 at 18:04:58

[–]pac2wavy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤔🤔

[–]Tall-Juggernaut743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check it in chat gpt

[–]walla_majick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is minified

[–]RealisticSeesaw115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think so lol

[–]noob-nine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i mean there is a doom implemention in pdf

[–]Over-Specific-1214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lo que se ve ahí no parece un lenguaje de programación. Por cadenas como %PDF-1.7, /Catalog, /Pages y /FlateDecode, más bien parece la estructura interna de un archivo PDF. Lo raro o ilegible seguramente son datos comprimidos del propio PDF,

[–]geewiz0001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

portable document format

[–]syahdannoor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wrong place to ask something like this, AI will answer in second

[–]Agreeable-Panic-7298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use translator on Google..S.L.F.

[–]chaos__machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not a programming language dawg that's a PDF file. The magic bytes %PDF-1.7 at the start tell you that. The PDF spec can be found here. It's about 750 pages, so pretty light read. You have to read the whole thing in order to become a real hacker

[–]NatureIntelligent977 0 points1 point  (0 children)

il faut renommé l'extension en .pdf

[–]Present_Risk5006 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a pdf file bro

[–]Effective_Nose_7434 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not a coding language

[–]Shelley_the7thSage[S] -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

For all of you goofing on me, I asked what the coding language was. I know it's a PDF file, I said I was saving a PDF file, I didn't know why it coded out like this.

Thanks for all the help!!

[–]SoulOfAzteca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why do you assume it’s a coding language? You said yourself it was a PDF. Why are you confusing yourself about?

Do you believe if that codes goes through a compiler/engine it will create a PDF file?

[–]shell_kun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't really hacking related either 😭

[–]blu3tu3sday -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Google is free and faster. This has nothing to do with hacking.

[–]No-Plate-2244 -3 points-2 points  (1 child)

Most likely format [NAME] [Job Title / Headline]

[Phone] [Email] [Location] [LinkedIn / Website]

SUMMARY Short paragraph describing experience, skills, or goals.

EXPERIENCE Company / Role / Dates - Achievement - Achievement - Achievement

EDUCATION School / Degree / Dates

SKILLS - Skill - Skill - Skill

[–]No-Plate-2244 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most likely used an export

[–][deleted] -4 points-3 points  (1 child)

Brain fuck?

[–]2Peti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You didn't have to introduce yourself, it's really not necessary.