Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 15:49:35 -0500 From: Nate Dobbs <misconfiguration@gmail.com> To: Phillip Spring <gatinhodosseussonhos@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Never forget a special trick... Message-ID: <CAGjvUo6P%2BZGO1XniNPxehhmU==YoZcPKq4Kj3Fxr%2BUQ7m7vYkw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <SNT140-W376A917B480317048936FAD3530@phx.gbl> References: <SNT140-W376A917B480317048936FAD3530@phx.gbl>
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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. > _______________________________________________ > 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 you 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 -- Cheers, Nate Dobbs RHCE
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