01-27-2009
I think "rev" should be "tac" - rev reverses the order of characters
From the man page:
Quote:
The rev utility copies the specified files to the standard output, reversing the order of characters in every line.
tac reverses the order of the lines, printing the last line first.
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
rev
rev(1) 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, instead of characters.
--line
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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|CSI |Enabled |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
cat(1), ksh93(1)tail(1), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.11 27 Jan 2009 rev(1)