jiml@pesnta.UUCP (Jim Livingston) (08/28/84)
I can't get tail -r to work on this system, but I find that rev will do the same thing. If you have it, try it.
gino@voder.UUCP (Gino Bloch) (08/30/84)
>> From: jiml@pesnta.UUCP (Jim Livingston) >> I can't get tail -r to work on this system, but I find that >> rev will do the same thing. On my system (4.2) rev reverses a file character-for character.
dan@digi-g.UUCP (Dan Messinger) (09/07/84)
> >> I can't get tail -r to work on this system, but I find that > >> rev will do the same thing. > > On my system (4.2) rev reverses a file character-for character. On my system (V7) rev reverses the characters of each line of a file, but prints lines in the original order.
kemp@noscvax.UUCP (Stephen P. Kemp) (09/18/84)
On 4.2 bsd systems, the following will work (I think there are no restrictions
regarding the file contents):
% cat -n filename | sort -nr | sed "s/^.......//"
cat -n prefixes the input with lines numbers; sort -nr sorts using the numbers
as the sort key, and outputs the lines in reverse order; sed strips the
line numbers off again and the result ought to be what you want.
Steve Kemp {ihnp4, decvax, akgua, dcdwest, ucbvax}!sdcsvax!noscvax!kemp
Computer Sciences Corp. kemp@nosc
Naval Ocean Systems Center
San Diego, CA