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Well, each tool has it's strengths and weaknesses. And look, if you don't let rev do it's job, the thing it was expressly designed for, it will get lonely. We wouldn't want that to happen, would we? Smilie
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Originally Posted by hanson44
Well, each tool has it's strengths and weaknesses. And look, if you don't let rev do it's job, the thing it was expressly designed for, it will get lonely. We wouldn't want that to happen, would we? Smilie
Some systems don't include the rev utility. All UNIX and Linux systems provide awk. The OP never said what OS was being used.
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