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

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
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, 01 Feb 2013 14:23:25 -0800

On 02/01/13 13:52, Reuben Thomas wrote:
> 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?

Yes, that's the problem.  POSIX does not require the existence
of any unibyte locale.  Even the C locale might be multibyte,
and is multibyte, at least on OS X systems.
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