Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 13:09:57 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Cc: Nate Dobbs <misconfiguration@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Phillip Spring <gatinhodosseussonhos@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Never forget a special trick... Message-ID: <CAGH67wTMubOn4UP9BMyd=%2B5%2BqQp7Mj0cy9ssbFrPisfh1umYzA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120305184507.GL23354@e-new.0x20.net> References: <SNT140-W376A917B480317048936FAD3530@phx.gbl> <CAGjvUo6P%2BZGO1XniNPxehhmU==YoZcPKq4Kj3Fxr%2BUQ7m7vYkw@mail.gmail.com> <20120305184507.GL23354@e-new.0x20.net>
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On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 03:49:35PM -0500, Nate Dobbs wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Phillip Spring < >> gatinhodosseussonhos@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > Dear anonymous open-source enthusiasts friends, >> > >> > How to echo a string backwards into a terminal? >> > For example (or something like this): >> > >> > # echo @_foo_$ >> > oof >> > >> > Or it could be something else (that's because I forgot it): >> > >> > # echo $_bar_@ >> > rab >> > >> > Someone told me how to do it but I can't remember this trick. >> > I just remember the date it happened: Oct-13-2011 >> > >> > []'s >> > Phillip. >> > =A0_______________________________________________ >> > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org" >> > >> >> I'm not entirely sure how to do this in any arbitrary shell - although y= ou >> could simply use the 'rev' command. >> >> %echo HELLO! | rev >> !OLLEH >> >> Here is a link to the man page: >> >> http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?rev > > http://man.freebsd.org/rev =A0;-) Now that (the fact that I can get to the manpages by using the man subdomain) is a trick I can use :D... Thanks! -Garrett
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