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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] text utility
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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 16:35:25 +0200
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> different thing.
> line vs. file

    i.e., write out lines with reverted order of chars) onto the neXt Archive

i read that as 'reverse the order of the chars on each line'.

    http://www.gsp.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=1&topic=rev

    The rev utility copies the specified files to the standard output,
    reversing the order of characters in every line

> has anyone actually used rev(1) in seriousness before?

yes, iirc, someone at the labs used it to generate a dictionary
for anagrams or crosswords with some:

    rev | ... | rev

construction.