Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:25:10 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Phillip Spring <gatinhodosseussonhos@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Never forget a special trick... Message-ID: <4F544E36.5010707@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <0ED9AE29-CF83-43E3-A578-BC2BC91885ED@fisglobal.com> References: <SNT140-W376A917B480317048936FAD3530@phx.gbl> <0ED9AE29-CF83-43E3-A578-BC2BC91885ED@fisglobal.com>
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On 3/4/12 12:47 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > On Mar 4, 2012, at 12:29 PM, Phillip Spring 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 >> > > You're looking for rev(1) > > Example: > > # echo foo | rev > oof > gosh, how did I survive so long without this program..? oh yeah.. I remember.. never needed to do that..
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