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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man1/rev.1 b/static/unix-v10/man1/rev.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e08132ee --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man1/rev.1 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.TH REV 1 +.CT 1 writing_output files +.SH NAME +rev, revpag \- reverse lines or pages +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B rev +[ +.I file ... +] +.PP +.B revpag +[ +.I option ... +] +[ +.I file ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Rev +copies the standard input or the named files to the standard output, reversing +the order of characters in every line. +.PP +.I Revpag +copies the standard input or the named files to the standard output, +reversing the order of the pages. +(The name +.L - +means the standard input.) +Options define what constitutes a `page': +.TP +.BI -d +The input is +.IR troff (1) +output; page breaks are encoded in it. +.TP +.BI -f +Append a new-page character (014) to the last input page (which is the first +page on the output), if this page is not of the declared length. +.TP +.BI -l " n" +Set the number of lines per page in +ordinary +.SM ASCII +input (66 by default). +A new-page character (014) is also recognized +as a page break. +.TP +.BI -o " list" +Output only pages whose page numbers appear in +the comma-separated +.I list +of numbers and ranges. +A `page number' means the ordinal position of a page +in the input. +A range +.IB n - m +means pages +.I n +through +.I m. +In a range, a missing +.I m +means the beginning; a missing +.I n +means the end. +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +.B "rev <webster | sort | rev >walker +From a standard Webster's dictionary, +produce Walker's rhyming dictionary, which is alphabetized +from right to left. +.TP +.B "tail -r <forward >backward +Reverse the order of lines in a file; see +.IR tail (1). |