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Please add tip about using tac to reverse a file byte-by-byte

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Message #58 received at 12115-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 12115-done <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 21:52:04 +0000

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On 1 February 2013 21:46, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> On 02/01/13 13:43, Reuben Thomas wrote:
> > What about a way to do it on a GNU system?
>
> I think it works if you set LC_ALL='C', as the
> C locale is unibyte on a GNU system, but someone
> should double-check this.
>

A bit of searching does not reveal to me how to verify or disprove this,
but how about using a known unibyte-locale such as an ISO8859 one? Or is
the problem then that there's none that can be guaranteed to exist?

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