diff --git a/examples/table-from-file/table.tex b/examples/table-from-file/table.tex
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+\documentclass{article}
+% MWE from http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/40411/import-files-with-pgfplotstable-and-split-tables-across-multiple-pages
+\usepackage{pgfplotstable}
+\usepackage{fr-longtable}
+\usepackage{booktabs}
+\usepackage{array}
+\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry} %%% change the margins in your file suitably.
+\usepackage{filecontents}
+
+\newcolumntype{C}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}p}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\pgfplotstableset{
+begin table=\begin{longtable},
+end table=\end{longtable},
+}
+
+\pgfplotstabletypeset[
+col sep=space,
+header=true,
+columns={Idx,Nam,Dim,Grd},      % display specified columns
+columns/Idx/.style={precision=2,column type=|C{40mm}},
+columns/Nam/.style={column type=|C{40mm},string type},
+columns/Dim/.style={precision=1,column type=|r},
+columns/Grd/.style={column type=|l|,string type},
+every even row/.style={after row=\hline},
+every odd row/.style={after row=\hline},
+% requires booktabs to place horiz rules
+every head row/.style={before row=\toprule, after row=\midrule\endhead},
+every head row/.style={
+  before row={%
+    \caption{The caption}
+    \endfirsthead
+    \multicolumn{4}{c}{{\tablename\ \thetable{}: continued from previous page}} \\
+    \endhead
+    \multicolumn{4}{c}{{\tablename\ \thetable{}: last page}} \\
+    \endlasthead
+    \hline
+  },
+  after row=\hline
+}
+]{test.dat}
+
+\end{document}
+
diff --git a/examples/table-from-file/test.dat b/examples/table-from-file/test.dat
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+%% LaTeX2e file `testdata.dat'
+%% generated by the `filecontents' environment
+%% from source `b' on 2020/01/02.
+%%
+Idx  Nam Dim Grd
+1   Ady 53  F
+2   Bar 72  C
+3   Cor 83  B
+3   Cor 83  B
+3   Cor 83  B
+3   Cor 83  B
+3   Cor 83  B
+3   Cor 83  B
+3   Cor 83  B
+3   Cor 83  B
+3   Cor 83  B
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+1   Ady 53  F
+2   Bar 72  C
+3   Cor 83  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C
+7   Gar 74  C
+8   Hur 65  D
+9   Jaz 85  B
+10  Ker 91  A
+4   Dar 58  D
+5   Esa 68  C
+6   Foo 67  C