Re: reversing the order in which lines appear

[Pádraig Brady]

Francky Leyn wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm seeking for some way to revert the order of lines. The first line
> read thus must get out last and the last read must be output first.
> 
> Although it's easy to write a program for it, I'm wondering if this
> is not possible with the UNIX toolbox. Any ideas?
> 
> I first tought of something like "cat -r", where the r stand for reverse.
> Is this a good suggestion, or a bad one?

I bet you'll laugh :)

`tac` is the command you want.

In general this sort of question is well answered by `apropos reverse`

thanks,
Pádraig.