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I foolishly included a # (number symbol) in a file path. Whenever I reference this it generates the following error:

Illegal parameter number in definition of \reserved@a. [.../Paper#1/2016-02-14/paper1_2016-02-14.pdf}]

Is there a solution to this that is easier than renaming the folder, and consequently, changing all of the code within it to reflect that?

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\includepdf[pages=-]{../../Paper#1/2016-02-14/paper1_2016-02-14.pdf}
\end{document}
Michael Davidson
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  • Have you tried escaping it? – Azor Ahai -him- Feb 19 '16 at 03:52
  • Yeah, no dice, @Azor-Ahai – Michael Davidson Feb 19 '16 at 03:54
  • I don't understand why changing the file path would be a big deal. Depending on the nature of the deal and its bigness, you could use a symbolic link which TeX will be quite happy with. Assuming you are on a file system which supports such things (i.e. probably not Windows). – cfr Feb 19 '16 at 04:06
  • Its a non-negligible hassle because I have other code related to data cleaning and analysis which export figures and tables in the tex directory and I would rather not change all of that code if I don't have to. Its fine if I do, I am just hoping there is a simpler solution. – Michael Davidson Feb 19 '16 at 04:40

2 Answers2

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If your calls of \includepdf are never in the argument to another command, you can do it by absorbing the file name as a verbatim argument:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{pdfpages,xparse,letltxmacro}

\LetLtxMacro\originalincludepdf\includepdf
\RenewDocumentCommand\includepdf{O{}v}{\originalincludepdf[#1]{#2}}

\begin{document}
\includepdf[pages=-]{../../Paper#1/2016-02-14/paper1_2016-02-14.pdf}
\end{document}
egreg
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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\begingroup\catcode`\#=12
\newcommand\hashchar{}%check that is doesn't exist
\gdef\hashchar{#}
\endgroup

\input{paper\hashchar 1/test}


%or change the catcode locally:
\begingroup
\catcode`\#=12
\input{paper#1/test}
\endgroup


\end{document}
Ulrike Fischer
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