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I was looking for something like:

 filecontents *.sty | cat - main.tex > newmain.tex

It should be easy to write a script that iterating over its arguments, would wrap each in a filecontents environment. I wonder if there is a standard such tool.

Here is a simple script that will do the job:

#!/bin/sh -f
for f in $* ;  do
  echo \\\\begin{filecontents}{$f} 
  cat $f 
  echo \\\\end{filecontents}
done

If there are no such standard tool, what would you like to see in one?

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    what answer are you looking for other than the answer already in the question? May 5, 2016 at 9:26
  • One answer might be: Did not see one, but here are some of the things I would like to see in such a tool.
    – Yossi Gil
    May 5, 2016 at 13:07
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    Stated in these terms, the question is “opinion based”.
    – egreg
    May 5, 2016 at 13:23

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Here is a slightly improved script:

#!/bin/bash -f
function bundle {
  echo "\\begin{filecontents*}{$1} % Begin: '$1' $2"
  cat $1 
  echo "\\end{filecontents*}       % End: '$1' $2"
}

me=`basename "$0"`
case $# in 
  0) 
    echo "Usage: $me file(s)" 
    ;;
  1) 
    bundle $1
    ;;
  *) 
    i=1
    echo "% BEGIN: bundle $# files ($*) `date`"
    for f in $*;  do
      bundle $f "\#$i/$#: `date`"
      [ $i -ge $# ] || echo 
      let i=$i+1
    done
    echo "% END: bundle $# files ($*) `date`"
    ;;
esac

Improvements include:

  • Generating more detailed LaTeX comments, including date, file count, etc.
  • Use filecontents* environment

Should anyone be interested in variations, let me know. Perhaps one day I will make this into a more standardized tool.Even if not, it would be nice to serve what people really need.

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