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tac

Display and concatenate files with lines in reversed order. See also: cat. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tac.
  • Concatenate specific files in reversed order:
    tac {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
  • Display stdin in reversed order:
    {{cat path/to/file}} | tac
  • Use a specific [s]eparator:
    tac -s {{separator}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
  • Use a specific [r]egex as a [s]eparator:
    tac -r -s {{separator}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
  • Use a separator [b]efore each file:
    tac -b {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

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