REV(1) General Commands Manual REV(1)
NAME
rev, revpag - reverse lines or pages
SYNOPSIS
rev [ file ] ...
revpag [ option ] ... [ file ] ...
DESCRIPTION
Rev copies the standard input or the named files to the standard out‐
put, reversing the order of characters in every line.
Revpag copies the standard input or the named files to the standard
output, reversing the order of the pages. (The name `-' means the
standard input.) Options define what constitutes a `page':
-d flags
the
in‐
put
as
troff(1)
out‐
put;
line
counts
are
ig‐
nored.
-f ap‐
pends
a
new-
page
char‐
ac‐
ter
(014)
to
the
last
in‐
put
page
(which
is
the
first
page
on
the
out‐
put),
if
this
page
is
not
of
the
de‐
clared
length.
-l n sets
the
num‐
ber
of
lines
per
page
(66
by
de‐
fault)
in
the
case
of
or‐
di‐
nary
ASCII
in‐
put.
A
new-
page
char‐
ac‐
ter
(014)
is
also
rec‐
og‐
nized
as
a
page
break.
-o list pro‐
duces
only
pages
whose
page
num‐
bers
ap‐
pear
in
the
comma-
sep‐
a‐
rated
list
of
num‐
bers
and
ranges.
A
`page
num‐
ber'
means
the
or‐
di‐
nal
po‐
si‐
tion
of
a
page
in
the
in‐
put.
A
range
n-m
means
pages
n
through
m;
a
range
-n
means
from
the
be‐
gin‐
ning
to
page
n;
a
range
n-
means
from
page
n
to
the
end.
Num‐
bers
and
ranges
may
ap‐
pear
in
any
or‐
der.
SEE ALSO
pr(1), troff(1), xcan(1)
REV(1)