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Originally Posted by Raynon

What is the sed portion trying to do ?
Can your code be used if the input is not a square matrix ?

It reverse the order of the file, and works in a not square input:

Code:

> cat file
D  H  -  -  G  -
C  G  K  -  I  Z
B  -  L  -  K  X
A  E  I  -  -  J

Code:

> sed -ne '1!G;h;$p' file
A  E  I  -  -  J
B  -  L  -  K  X
C  G  K  -  I  Z
D  H  -  -  G  -

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Thanks alot Klashxx, that's really creative by using transpose.

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