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From: davr@hrtix.UUCP (David C. Raines)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Reversing a file?
Summary: awk version
Message-ID: <255@hrtix.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 89 14:18:35 GMT
References: <MONTNARO.89Oct2224215@sprite.crd.ge.com>
Organization: Treasure Chest Adv Co, NGO, Windsor Locks, CT
Lines: 16

In article <MONTNARO.89Oct2224215@sprite.crd.ge.com>, montnaro@sprite.crd.ge.com (Skip Montanaro) writes:
> Does somebody have an elegant shell script for reversing the lines of a
> file? I've come up with the following short one:

Awk version:

{
	array[NR] = $0
}
END {
	for (i = NR; i > 0; i--)
		print array[i]
}
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David Raines			TCA  5 National Dr., Windsor Locks, CT 06096
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