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28.Dd June 27, 2020
29.Dt REV 1
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm rev
33.Nd reverse lines of a file
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Op Ar
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40utility copies the specified files to the standard output, reversing the
41order of characters in every line.
42If no files are specified, the standard input is read.
43.Sh EXAMPLES
44Reverse the text from stdin:
45.Bd -literal -offset indent
46$ echo -e "reverse \et these\entwo lines" | rev
47eseht    esrever
48senil owt
49.Ed
50