Patch:
>From 3c1b7d442dc6161e3c88703c9acc3f768f9ba689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reuben Thomas <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 22:35:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add tip on reversing a file byte-by-byte
* doc/coreutils.texi: Note how to use tac to reverse a file
byte-by-byte.
---
doc/coreutils.texi | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 516ec73..66b0838 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -1625,6 +1625,12 @@ Use @var{separator} as the record separator,
instead of newline.
@end table
+To reverse a file byte by byte, use:
+
+@example
+tac -r -s '.\| ' @var{file}
+@end example
+
@exitstatus
--
1.7.9.5
--
http://rrt.sc3d.org
