Patch: >From 3c1b7d442dc6161e3c88703c9acc3f768f9ba689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reuben Thomas <r...@sc3d.org> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 22:35:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add tip on reversing a file byte-by-byte
* doc/coreutils.texi: Note how to use tac to reverse a file byte-by-byte. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 516ec73..66b0838 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -1625,6 +1625,12 @@ Use @var{separator} as the record separator, instead of newline. @end table +To reverse a file byte by byte, use: + +@example +tac -r -s '.\| ' @var{file} +@end example + @exitstatus -- 1.7.9.5 -- http://rrt.sc3d.org