How to include contents of file as verbatim?

Question

How can I include the contents of a text file in my latex document as verbatim?

I tried (the text file does not contain any @)

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}   
    \verb@
    \input{temp.txt}
    @
\end{document}

but I get the error: \verb ended by end of line.

PS: of course the above cannot work even without the error, because if it worked the output file would just contain the single line \input{temp.txt}

Your best bet is to use fancyvrb as discussed in Using \input in a fancyvrb verbatim environment - problem with hyphens. This isn't exactly a duplicate of that one, but I'm sure there is a question that covers this exactly. — Chris H, Jan 30 '17 at 13:36
Alternatives could be moreverb, verbatim, or listings or another package from CTAN topic verbatim. Even alltt could be enough. — Schweinebacke, Jan 30 '17 at 13:38
By all means, take a look at section 6 of the user guide of the fancyvrb package, "Writing and reading verbatim files". In paricular, do familiarize yourself with the \VerbatimInput macro , which takes one argument -- the name of the file whose contents are to be included in verbatim mode. — Mico, Jan 30 '17 at 13:52

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '17 at 13:48

7

Try

\documentclass[10pt]{article}

\usepackage{verbatim}

\begin{document}
\verbatiminput{temp.txt}
\end{document}

I use this regularly to include TeX source, so lots of unusual characters are handled properly - i.e literally.

answered Jan 30 '17 at 13:48

Ethan Bolker

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