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REV(1)							      General Commands Manual							    REV(1)

NAME
rev - reverse lines of a file SYNOPSIS
rev [ file ] ... DESCRIPTION
Rev copies the named files to the standard output, reversing the order of characters in every line. If no file is specified, the standard input is copied. REV(1)

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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)
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