\documentclass {article} \usepackage{listings} \usepackage{color} \lstset{language=Perl} \begin {document} \begin{lstlisting}[frame=trbl]{} #! /usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; print "Intentionally left blank..."; \end{lstlisting} or \lstinputlisting{your_perl_file_here.pl} \end {document}