Template:File

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Brief description of what your template does

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
File	file	Description of what this file parameter is for	String	required
Option	option	Description of what this option does Suggested values value1 value2 value3 value4	String	optional

About

Used to display contents of a file.

Special note

The pipe character cannot be used as is within the template, as it is a special characters for templates.

It can be included using the magic word {{!}}.

Alternatively, it is possible to instead surround the contents in <nowiki> tags.

Usage

{{file|filename|language|contents}}

See documentation about <syntaxhighlight> for supported languages.

 {{file|main.c|c|
#include <stdio.h>

main( )
{
        printf("hello, world\n");
}
}}

Example

main.c

#include <stdio.h>

main( )
{
        printf("hello, world\n");
}