On 1 February 2013 21:36, Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> wrote: > On 02/01/13 11:14, Reuben Thomas wrote: > > > Given how long it took how many experts to come up with a valid > > incantation, it seems to me it *is* a useful documentation example. > > Sure, but the valid incantation is a bit confusing, and it's not > documented correctly (it reverses characters, not bytes). > As far as I know there's no portable way to use 'tac' to > reverse a file byte-by-byte. >
Thanks! What about a way to do it on a GNU system? It seems reasonable to document GNU-specific hacks in GNU documentation when a portable solution is not forthcoming.
