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   5 .TH REV 1 "Aug 11, 2009"
   6 .SH NAME
   7 rev \- reverse the characters or lines of one or more files
   8 .SH SYNOPSIS
   9 .LP
  10 .nf
  11 \fB/usr/bin/rev\fR [\fB-l\fR] [\fIfile\fR...]
  12 .fi
  13 
  14 .SS "ksh93"
  15 .LP
  16 .nf
  17 rev [-\fBl\fR] [\fIfile\fR...]
  18 .fi
  19 
  20 .SH DESCRIPTION
  21 .sp
  22 .LP
  23 \fBrev\fR copies one or more files to standard output, reversing the order of
  24 characters on every line of the file, or reversing the order of lines of the
  25 file if \fB-l\fR is specified
  26 .SH OPTIONS
  27 .sp
  28 .LP
  29 The following options are supported:
  30 .sp
  31 .ne 2
  32 .na
  33 \fB\fB-l\fR\fR
  34 .ad
  35 .br
  36 .na
  37 \fB\fB--line\fR\fR
  38 .ad
  39 .RS 10n
  40 Reverse the order of the lines of the file, instead of characters.
  41 .RE
  42 
  43 .SH OPERANDS
  44 .sp
  45 .LP
  46 The following operands are supported:
  47 .sp
  48 .ne 2
  49 .na
  50 \fB\fIfile\fR\fR
  51 .ad
  52 .RS 8n
  53 Specifies the name of the file to use as input.
  54 .sp
  55 If \fIfile\fR is not specified, or if \fIfile\fR is a \fB-\fR, \fBrev\fR copies
  56 from standard input starting at the current offset.
  57 .RE
  58 
  59 .SH EXIT STATUS
  60 .sp
  61 .LP
  62 The following exit values are returned:
  63 .sp
  64 .ne 2
  65 .na
  66 \fB\fB0\fR\fR
  67 .ad
  68 .RS 6n
  69 All files copied successfully.
  70 .RE
  71 
  72 .sp
  73 .ne 2
  74 .na
  75 \fB\fB>0\fR\fR
  76 .ad
  77 .RS 6n
  78 One or more files did not copy.
  79 .RE
  80 
  81 .SH ATTRIBUTES
  82 .sp
  83 .LP
  84 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
  85 .sp
  86 
  87 .sp
  88 .TS
  89 box;
  90 c | c
  91 l | l .
  92 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE
  93 _
  94 CSI     Enabled
  95 _
  96 Interface Stability     Committed
  97 .TE
  98 
  99 .SH SEE ALSO
 100 .sp
 101 .LP
 102 \fBcat\fR(1), \fBksh93\fR(1), \fBtail\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5)