10-13-2004
using sed and regex to reverse order???
so i have been trying to learn how to manipulate text on my own and have gotten stumped...
let's say i have a text file that says (highly simplified):
people ordinary
How would swap the order of the words..
I know i need to use sed and some kind of back reference but cannot make it work for the life of me..
thanks guys,
mary
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NAME
pyfiglet - display text in large ASCII art fonts.
SYNOPSIS
pyfiglet.py [options] text...
DESCRIPTION
pyFIGlet is a program that creates large characters out of ordinary screen characters. It takes ASCII text (text) and renders it in ASCII
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OPTIONS
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show program's version number and exit
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