If you have a Portable Document
Format (PDF) file and wish to determine the version of the PDF standard
used for the document, that information is stored in the first line of the
file. You can open the file with a
text editor, such
as the Windows
Notepad application on a Microsoft Windows system and view
the first line to determine the PDF version used for the file.
You will see %PDF-x.y where x.y is the
version of the PDF standard used in the creation of the file,
e.g., %PDF-1.7 for version 1.7.
On a Microsoft Windows system, you could also open a
PowerShell window (you can type PowerShell
in the Windows Search field and click on the
application when you see it returned in the list of
results) and use the Get-Content
cmdlet
and the -First parameter followed by the number one.
E.g.:
PS C:\> Get-Content "July 2024 Newsletter.pdf" -First 1 %PDF-1.7 PS C:\>
Related:
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PowerShell Get-Content equivalents to Linux head and tail commands
Date: March 22, 2024
