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Subject: Re: Backwards cat
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Date: 15 Dec 89 22:47:00 GMT
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>I am looking for a program that will cat a file backwards.  Not with all the
>letters reversed but one that prints the last line, then the second to last
>line, 3 from the last line, etc.)  If it doesn't exist then I will write my
>own but I thought I'd ask first.

>Thanks

>Jon
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It sounds like you could use the LESS utility to do what you want. It
is mentioned in this forum in another thread.

Al Irwin
Univ of Illinois
Dept of Comp Sci
irwin@m.cs.uiuc.edu