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What does rev do?

reverse the order of characters on every line.

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rev examples, explained

$ rev file.txt

  • revreverse the order of characters on every line
  • file.txtan argument passed to the command

$ echo hello | rev

  • echoprint text to standard output
  • helloan argument passed to the command
  • |pipe — send this command's output into the next command
  • revreverse the order of characters on every line

rev flags & options

--helpshow usage information and exit
--versionprint version information and exit

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