GNU bug report logs - #12115
Please add tip about using tac to reverse a file byte-by-byte

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 21:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #41 received at 12115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>, "Voelker,
	Bernhard" <bernhard.voelker <at> siemens-enterprise.com>,
	"12115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <12115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#12115: Please add tip about using tac to reverse a file
	byte-by-byte
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 15:03:33 +0100

On 2 August 2012 15:00, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com> writes:
>
>> On 08/02/2012 07:18 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:

[blah blah blah]

All this just because there's no standard interface in coreutils (or
indeed other GNU programs) to control the regexp engine, so you can
make "." match any character. LOL.

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