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rev (1)

Name

rev - reverse lines characterwise

Synopsis

rev [option] [file...]

Description

REV(1)                           User Commands                          REV(1)



NAME
       rev - reverse lines characterwise

SYNOPSIS
       rev [option] [file...]

DESCRIPTION
       The  rev utility copies the specified files to standard output, revers-
       ing the order of characters in every line.  If no files are  specified,
       standard input is read.

OPTIONS
       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

       -h, --help
              Display help text and exit.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+---------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE    |
       +---------------+---------------------+
       |Availability   | text/text-utilities |
       +---------------+---------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted         |
       +---------------+---------------------+

SEE ALSO
       tac(1)

AVAILABILITY
       The rev command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
       Linux   Kernel   Archive    <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-
       linux/>.



NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source        was        downloaded        from        https://www.ker-
       nel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.29/util-linux-2.29.tar.xz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux.



util-linux                      September 2011                          REV(1)