[olug] Unix Tip: OUTPUT A FILE IN REVERSE

[Thom Harrison]

tac -n  doesn't work to number the lines.  I'm sure a lot of other cat
options are missing too, but it works as advertised.  :-)

Thom

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> OUTPUT A FILE IN REVERSE
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> A Linux Tip, you flavor
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> If you want to output all
> the lines in a text file
> backwords use "tac".  It
> does just the opposite of
> cat.
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