User Commands                                              rev(1)



NAME
     rev - reverse the characters or lines of one or more files

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/bin/rev [-l] [file ...]


DESCRIPTION
     rev copies one or more files to standard  output,  reversing
     the order of characters on every line of the file.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -l        Reverse the  order  of  the  lines  of  the  file,
     --line    instead of characters.


OPERANDS
     The following operands are supported:

     file    Specifies the name of the file to use as input.

             If file is not specified, or if file  is  a  -,  rev
             copies  from  standard input starting at the current
             offset.


EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0     All files copied successfully.


     >0    One or more files did not copy.


ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:















SunOS 5.11          Last change: 27 Jan 2009                    1






User Commands                                              rev(1)



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWcsu                     
    
     CSI                          Enabled                     
    
     Interface Stability          Committed                   
    


SEE ALSO
     cat(1), ksh93(1)tail(1), attributes(5)










































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