REV(1) User Commands REV(1)

rev - reverse lines of a file

rev [file]

Rev copies the lines of the specified files to the standard output, but reversing the order of characters. If no file is specified, it reads from the standard input.

This rev supports internationalisation. In varietate concordia.

A rev command first appeared in UNIX 6th Edition, capable only of reading from the standard input. In the 7th Edition, an implementation closer to the current ones was presented, capable of reading from both the standard input and now from files.

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