From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 4 20:41:55 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B0921065780 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2012 20:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gatinhodosseussonhos@hotmail.com) Received: from snt0-omc2-s4.snt0.hotmail.com (snt0-omc2-s4.snt0.hotmail.com [65.55.90.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D094A8FC1D for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2012 20:41:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from SNT140-W37 ([65.55.90.71]) by snt0-omc2-s4.snt0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:29:48 -0800 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [189.72.30.177] From: Phillip Spring To: Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 21:29:48 +0100 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Mar 2012 20:29:48.0330 (UTC) FILETIME=[8B4760A0:01CCFA45] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Never forget a special trick... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:41:55 -0000 Dear anonymous open-source enthusiasts friends=2C 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=20 []'s Phillip. =