Template:FileBox

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Documentation

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Displays a block element with a file contents, optionally providing syntax highlighting. A list of recognized languages for syntax highlighting can be found here.

Important
File contents may contain the special characters | or = which are incompatible with MediaWiki's templating system. Substitute | with {{!}} and = with {{=}} for arguments to the 1= parameter for correct template usage. If substitution is ignored, then formatting will not work correctly with this template.

Parameters

Displays a block element with a file contents, optionally providing syntax highlighting

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
File Content	1	no description	Content	required
Filename	filename	File name to display in the box header	String	required
Title	title	Additional title to display in the box header	String	suggested
Language	lang	Language of the contents, used for syntax highlighting Example bash	String	optional

Usage

See the template's testcases:

No parameter
Wiki code	{{FileBox}}
Main version	FILE {{{filename}}} {{{1}}}
Sandbox version	FILE {{{filename}}} {{{1}}}

Parameters: filename=/tmp/file, 1=Some text/code.
Wiki code	{{FileBox|filename=/tmp/file|1=Some text/code.}}
Main version	FILE /tmp/file Some text/code.
Sandbox version	FILE /tmp/file Some text/code.

Parameters: title=FileBox example, 1=Some text/code.
Wiki code	{{FileBox|title=FileBox example|1=Some text/code.}}
Main version	FILE {{{filename}}}FileBox example Some text/code.
Sandbox version	FILE {{{filename}}}FileBox example Some text/code.

Parameters: title=FileBox example, filename=/tmp/file, 1=Some text/code.
Wiki code	{{FileBox|title=FileBox example|filename=/tmp/file|1=Some text/code.}}
Main version	FILE /tmp/fileFileBox example Some text/code.
Sandbox version	FILE /tmp/fileFileBox example Some text/code.

Parameters: title=FileBox example, filename=/tmp/file, lang=bash, 1=#!/bin/bash echo "Hello, world!"
Wiki code	{{FileBox|title=FileBox example|filename=/tmp/file|lang=bash|1=#!/bin/bash echo "Hello, world!" }}
Main version	FILE /tmp/fileFileBox example #!/bin/bash echo "Hello, world!"
Sandbox version	FILE /tmp/fileFileBox example #!/bin/bash echo "Hello, world!"

Parameters: title=FileBox example, filename=/tmp/file, lang=bash, collapse-output=true, 1=#!/bin/bash echo "Hello, world!"
Wiki code	{{FileBox|title=FileBox example|filename=/tmp/file|collapse-output=true|lang=bash|1=#!/bin/bash echo "Hello, world!" echo "my third line" echo "my fourth line" }}
Main version	FILE /tmp/fileFileBox example #!/bin/bash echo "Hello, world!" echo "my third line" echo "my fourth line"
Sandbox version	FILE /tmp/fileFileBox example #!/bin/bash echo "Hello, world!" echo "my third line" echo "my fourth line"

See also

• {{CodeBox}}
• {{KernelBox}}

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