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REV(1) User Commands REV(1)

NAME

rev - reverse lines of a file or files

SYNOPSIS

rev [options] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

Output version information and exit.
Output help and exit.

SEE ALSO

tac(1)

AVAILABILITY

The rev command is part of the util-linux package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive.

September 2011 util-linux