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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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: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 19:14:35 +0000

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On 2 August 2012 15:03, Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> http://rrt.sc3d.org
>

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. So can
we have an agreed version substituted into my patch and committed, please?

-- 
http://rrt.sc3d.org

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