Unix Tip: ANOTHER FILE REVERSAL

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Unix Tip 2983 - April 7, 2010

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ANOTHER FILE REVERSAL

For those that don't have the tac command, to reverse a file in UNIX, you could use:

cat <file-name> | awk '{ line[NR] = $0;} END
{for(i=NR;i>1;i--) print line[i] }'

This tip generously supported by: chandramohan_k@infy.com

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