1 /* tac - concatenate and print files in reverse
2 Copyright (C) 1988-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Written by Jay Lepreau (lepreau@cs.utah.edu).
18 GNU enhancements by David MacKenzie (djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu). */
20 /* Copy each FILE, or the standard input if none are given or when a
21 FILE name of "-" is encountered, to the standard output with the
22 order of the records reversed. The records are separated by
23 instances of a string, or a newline if none is given. By default, the
24 separator string is attached to the end of the record that it
28 -b, --before The separator is attached to the beginning
29 of the record that it precedes in the file.
30 -r, --regex The separator is a regular expression.
31 -s, --separator=separator Use SEPARATOR as the record separator.
33 To reverse a file byte by byte, use (in bash, ksh, or sh):
41 #include <sys/types.h>
47 #include "filenamecat.h"
50 #include "safe-read.h"
54 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
55 #define PROGRAM_NAME "tac"
58 proper_name ("Jay Lepreau"), \
59 proper_name ("David MacKenzie")
61 #if defined __MSDOS__ || defined _WIN32
62 /* Define this to non-zero on systems for which the regular mechanism
63 (of unlinking an open file and expecting to be able to write, seek
64 back to the beginning, then reread it) doesn't work. E.g., on Windows
66 # define DONT_UNLINK_WHILE_OPEN 1
70 #ifndef DEFAULT_TMPDIR
71 # define DEFAULT_TMPDIR "/tmp"
74 /* The number of bytes per atomic read. */
75 #define INITIAL_READSIZE 8192
77 /* The number of bytes per atomic write. */
78 #define WRITESIZE 8192
80 /* The string that separates the records of the file. */
81 static char const *separator
;
83 /* True if we have ever read standard input. */
84 static bool have_read_stdin
= false;
86 /* If true, print 'separator' along with the record preceding it
87 in the file; otherwise with the record following it. */
88 static bool separator_ends_record
;
90 /* 0 if 'separator' is to be matched as a regular expression;
91 otherwise, the length of 'separator', used as a sentinel to
93 static size_t sentinel_length
;
95 /* The length of a match with 'separator'. If 'sentinel_length' is 0,
96 'match_length' is computed every time a match succeeds;
97 otherwise, it is simply the length of 'separator'. */
98 static size_t match_length
;
100 /* The input buffer. */
101 static char *G_buffer
;
103 /* The number of bytes to read at once into 'buffer'. */
104 static size_t read_size
;
106 /* The size of 'buffer'. This is read_size * 2 + sentinel_length + 2.
107 The extra 2 bytes allow 'past_end' to have a value beyond the
108 end of 'G_buffer' and 'match_start' to run off the front of 'G_buffer'. */
109 static size_t G_buffer_size
;
111 /* The compiled regular expression representing 'separator'. */
112 static struct re_pattern_buffer compiled_separator
;
113 static char compiled_separator_fastmap
[UCHAR_MAX
+ 1];
114 static struct re_registers regs
;
116 static struct option
const longopts
[] =
118 {"before", no_argument
, NULL
, 'b'},
119 {"regex", no_argument
, NULL
, 'r'},
120 {"separator", required_argument
, NULL
, 's'},
121 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL
},
122 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL
},
129 if (status
!= EXIT_SUCCESS
)
134 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
138 Write each FILE to standard output, last line first.\n\
139 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
142 emit_mandatory_arg_note ();
145 -b, --before attach the separator before instead of after\n\
146 -r, --regex interpret the separator as a regular expression\n\
147 -s, --separator=STRING use STRING as the separator instead of newline\n\
149 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
150 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
151 emit_ancillary_info ();
156 /* Print the characters from START to PAST_END - 1.
157 If START is NULL, just flush the buffer. */
160 output (const char *start
, const char *past_end
)
162 static char buffer
[WRITESIZE
];
163 static size_t bytes_in_buffer
= 0;
164 size_t bytes_to_add
= past_end
- start
;
165 size_t bytes_available
= WRITESIZE
- bytes_in_buffer
;
169 fwrite (buffer
, 1, bytes_in_buffer
, stdout
);
174 /* Write out as many full buffers as possible. */
175 while (bytes_to_add
>= bytes_available
)
177 memcpy (buffer
+ bytes_in_buffer
, start
, bytes_available
);
178 bytes_to_add
-= bytes_available
;
179 start
+= bytes_available
;
180 fwrite (buffer
, 1, WRITESIZE
, stdout
);
182 bytes_available
= WRITESIZE
;
185 memcpy (buffer
+ bytes_in_buffer
, start
, bytes_to_add
);
186 bytes_in_buffer
+= bytes_to_add
;
189 /* Print in reverse the file open on descriptor FD for reading FILE.
190 Return true if successful. */
193 tac_seekable (int input_fd
, const char *file
)
195 /* Pointer to the location in 'G_buffer' where the search for
196 the next separator will begin. */
199 /* Pointer to one past the rightmost character in 'G_buffer' that
200 has not been printed yet. */
203 /* Length of the record growing in 'G_buffer'. */
204 size_t saved_record_size
;
206 /* Offset in the file of the next read. */
209 /* True if 'output' has not been called yet for any file.
210 Only used when the separator is attached to the preceding record. */
211 bool first_time
= true;
212 char first_char
= *separator
; /* Speed optimization, non-regexp. */
213 char const *separator1
= separator
+ 1; /* Speed optimization, non-regexp. */
214 size_t match_length1
= match_length
- 1; /* Speed optimization, non-regexp. */
216 /* Find the size of the input file. */
217 file_pos
= lseek (input_fd
, 0, SEEK_END
);
219 return true; /* It's an empty file. */
221 /* Arrange for the first read to lop off enough to leave the rest of the
222 file a multiple of 'read_size'. Since 'read_size' can change, this may
223 not always hold during the program run, but since it usually will, leave
224 it here for i/o efficiency (page/sector boundaries and all that).
225 Note: the efficiency gain has not been verified. */
226 saved_record_size
= file_pos
% read_size
;
227 if (saved_record_size
== 0)
228 saved_record_size
= read_size
;
229 file_pos
-= saved_record_size
;
230 /* 'file_pos' now points to the start of the last (probably partial) block
231 in the input file. */
233 if (lseek (input_fd
, file_pos
, SEEK_SET
) < 0)
234 error (0, errno
, _("%s: seek failed"), quotearg_colon (file
));
236 if (safe_read (input_fd
, G_buffer
, saved_record_size
) != saved_record_size
)
238 error (0, errno
, _("%s: read error"), quotearg_colon (file
));
242 match_start
= past_end
= G_buffer
+ saved_record_size
;
243 /* For non-regexp search, move past impossible positions for a match. */
245 match_start
-= match_length1
;
249 /* Search backward from 'match_start' - 1 to 'G_buffer' for a match
250 with 'separator'; for speed, use strncmp if 'separator' contains no
252 If the match succeeds, set 'match_start' to point to the start of
253 the match and 'match_length' to the length of the match.
254 Otherwise, make 'match_start' < 'G_buffer'. */
255 if (sentinel_length
== 0)
257 size_t i
= match_start
- G_buffer
;
259 regoff_t range
= 1 - ri
;
263 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("record too large"));
266 || ((ret
= re_search (&compiled_separator
, G_buffer
,
267 i
, i
- 1, range
, ®s
))
269 match_start
= G_buffer
- 1;
272 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
273 _("error in regular expression search"));
277 match_start
= G_buffer
+ regs
.start
[0];
278 match_length
= regs
.end
[0] - regs
.start
[0];
283 /* 'match_length' is constant for non-regexp boundaries. */
284 while (*--match_start
!= first_char
285 || (match_length1
&& strncmp (match_start
+ 1, separator1
,
290 /* Check whether we backed off the front of 'G_buffer' without finding
291 a match for 'separator'. */
292 if (match_start
< G_buffer
)
296 /* Hit the beginning of the file; print the remaining record. */
297 output (G_buffer
, past_end
);
301 saved_record_size
= past_end
- G_buffer
;
302 if (saved_record_size
> read_size
)
304 /* 'G_buffer_size' is about twice 'read_size', so since
305 we want to read in another 'read_size' bytes before
306 the data already in 'G_buffer', we need to increase
309 size_t offset
= sentinel_length
? sentinel_length
: 1;
310 ptrdiff_t match_start_offset
= match_start
- G_buffer
;
311 ptrdiff_t past_end_offset
= past_end
- G_buffer
;
312 size_t old_G_buffer_size
= G_buffer_size
;
315 G_buffer_size
= read_size
* 2 + sentinel_length
+ 2;
316 if (G_buffer_size
< old_G_buffer_size
)
318 newbuffer
= xrealloc (G_buffer
- offset
, G_buffer_size
);
320 /* Adjust the pointers for the new buffer location. */
321 match_start
= newbuffer
+ match_start_offset
;
322 past_end
= newbuffer
+ past_end_offset
;
323 G_buffer
= newbuffer
;
326 /* Back up to the start of the next bufferfull of the file. */
327 if (file_pos
>= read_size
)
328 file_pos
-= read_size
;
331 read_size
= file_pos
;
334 if (lseek (input_fd
, file_pos
, SEEK_SET
) < 0)
335 error (0, errno
, _("%s: seek failed"), quotearg_colon (file
));
337 /* Shift the pending record data right to make room for the new.
338 The source and destination regions probably overlap. */
339 memmove (G_buffer
+ read_size
, G_buffer
, saved_record_size
);
340 past_end
= G_buffer
+ read_size
+ saved_record_size
;
341 /* For non-regexp searches, avoid unnecessary scanning. */
343 match_start
= G_buffer
+ read_size
;
345 match_start
= past_end
;
347 if (safe_read (input_fd
, G_buffer
, read_size
) != read_size
)
349 error (0, errno
, _("%s: read error"), quotearg_colon (file
));
355 /* Found a match of 'separator'. */
356 if (separator_ends_record
)
358 char *match_end
= match_start
+ match_length
;
360 /* If this match of 'separator' isn't at the end of the
361 file, print the record. */
362 if (!first_time
|| match_end
!= past_end
)
363 output (match_end
, past_end
);
364 past_end
= match_end
;
369 output (match_start
, past_end
);
370 past_end
= match_start
;
373 /* For non-regex matching, we can back up. */
374 if (sentinel_length
> 0)
375 match_start
-= match_length
- 1;
380 #if DONT_UNLINK_WHILE_OPEN
382 /* FIXME-someday: remove all of this DONT_UNLINK_WHILE_OPEN junk.
383 Using atexit like this is wrong, since it can fail
384 when called e.g. 32 or more times.
385 But this isn't a big deal, since the code is used only on WOE/DOS
386 systems, and few people invoke tac on that many nonseekable files. */
388 static const char *file_to_remove
;
389 static FILE *fp_to_close
;
392 unlink_tempfile (void)
394 fclose (fp_to_close
);
395 unlink (file_to_remove
);
399 record_or_unlink_tempfile (char const *fn
, FILE *fp
)
405 atexit (unlink_tempfile
);
412 record_or_unlink_tempfile (char const *fn
, FILE *fp _GL_UNUSED
)
419 /* A wrapper around mkstemp that gives us both an open stream pointer,
420 FP, and the corresponding FILE_NAME. Always return the same FP/name
421 pair, rewinding/truncating it upon each reuse. */
423 temp_stream (FILE **fp
, char **file_name
)
425 static char *tempfile
= NULL
;
427 if (tempfile
== NULL
)
429 char const *t
= getenv ("TMPDIR");
430 char const *tempdir
= t
? t
: DEFAULT_TMPDIR
;
431 tempfile
= mfile_name_concat (tempdir
, "tacXXXXXX", NULL
);
434 error (0, 0, _("memory exhausted"));
438 /* FIXME: there's a small window between a successful mkstemp call
439 and the unlink that's performed by record_or_unlink_tempfile.
440 If we're interrupted in that interval, this code fails to remove
441 the temporary file. On systems that define DONT_UNLINK_WHILE_OPEN,
442 the window is much larger -- it extends to the atexit-called
444 FIXME: clean up upon fatal signal. Don't block them, in case
445 $TMPFILE is a remote file system. */
447 int fd
= mkstemp (tempfile
);
450 error (0, errno
, _("failed to create temporary file in %s"),
455 tmp_fp
= fdopen (fd
, (O_BINARY
? "w+b" : "w+"));
458 error (0, errno
, _("failed to open %s for writing"),
468 record_or_unlink_tempfile (tempfile
, tmp_fp
);
472 if (fseeko (tmp_fp
, 0, SEEK_SET
) < 0
473 || ftruncate (fileno (tmp_fp
), 0) < 0)
475 error (0, errno
, _("failed to rewind stream for %s"),
482 *file_name
= tempfile
;
486 /* Copy from file descriptor INPUT_FD (corresponding to the named FILE) to
487 a temporary file, and set *G_TMP and *G_TEMPFILE to the resulting stream
488 and file name. Return true if successful. */
491 copy_to_temp (FILE **g_tmp
, char **g_tempfile
, int input_fd
, char const *file
)
495 if (!temp_stream (&fp
, &file_name
))
500 size_t bytes_read
= safe_read (input_fd
, G_buffer
, read_size
);
503 if (bytes_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
505 error (0, errno
, _("%s: read error"), quotearg_colon (file
));
509 if (fwrite (G_buffer
, 1, bytes_read
, fp
) != bytes_read
)
511 error (0, errno
, _("%s: write error"), quotearg_colon (file_name
));
516 if (fflush (fp
) != 0)
518 error (0, errno
, _("%s: write error"), quotearg_colon (file_name
));
523 *g_tempfile
= file_name
;
531 /* Copy INPUT_FD to a temporary, then tac that file.
532 Return true if successful. */
535 tac_nonseekable (int input_fd
, const char *file
)
539 if (!copy_to_temp (&tmp_stream
, &tmp_file
, input_fd
, file
))
542 bool ok
= tac_seekable (fileno (tmp_stream
), tmp_file
);
546 /* Print FILE in reverse, copying it to a temporary
547 file first if it is not seekable.
548 Return true if successful. */
551 tac_file (const char *filename
)
556 bool is_stdin
= STREQ (filename
, "-");
560 have_read_stdin
= true;
562 filename
= _("standard input");
563 if (O_BINARY
&& ! isatty (STDIN_FILENO
))
564 xfreopen (NULL
, "rb", stdin
);
568 fd
= open (filename
, O_RDONLY
| O_BINARY
);
571 error (0, errno
, _("failed to open %s for reading"),
577 file_size
= lseek (fd
, 0, SEEK_END
);
579 ok
= (file_size
< 0 || isatty (fd
)
580 ? tac_nonseekable (fd
, filename
)
581 : tac_seekable (fd
, filename
));
583 if (!is_stdin
&& close (fd
) != 0)
585 error (0, errno
, _("%s: read error"), quotearg_colon (filename
));
592 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
594 const char *error_message
; /* Return value from re_compile_pattern. */
597 size_t half_buffer_size
;
599 /* Initializer for file_list if no file-arguments
600 were specified on the command line. */
601 static char const *const default_file_list
[] = {"-", NULL
};
602 char const *const *file
;
604 initialize_main (&argc
, &argv
);
605 set_program_name (argv
[0]);
606 setlocale (LC_ALL
, "");
607 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
608 textdomain (PACKAGE
);
610 atexit (close_stdout
);
614 separator_ends_record
= true;
616 while ((optc
= getopt_long (argc
, argv
, "brs:", longopts
, NULL
)) != -1)
621 separator_ends_record
= false;
629 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("separator cannot be empty"));
631 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR
;
632 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME
, AUTHORS
);
634 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
638 if (sentinel_length
== 0)
640 compiled_separator
.buffer
= NULL
;
641 compiled_separator
.allocated
= 0;
642 compiled_separator
.fastmap
= compiled_separator_fastmap
;
643 compiled_separator
.translate
= NULL
;
644 error_message
= re_compile_pattern (separator
, strlen (separator
),
645 &compiled_separator
);
647 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, "%s", error_message
);
650 match_length
= sentinel_length
= strlen (separator
);
652 read_size
= INITIAL_READSIZE
;
653 while (sentinel_length
>= read_size
/ 2)
655 if (SIZE_MAX
/ 2 < read_size
)
659 half_buffer_size
= read_size
+ sentinel_length
+ 1;
660 G_buffer_size
= 2 * half_buffer_size
;
661 if (! (read_size
< half_buffer_size
&& half_buffer_size
< G_buffer_size
))
663 G_buffer
= xmalloc (G_buffer_size
);
666 memcpy (G_buffer
, separator
, sentinel_length
+ 1);
667 G_buffer
+= sentinel_length
;
674 file
= (optind
< argc
675 ? (char const *const *) &argv
[optind
]
676 : default_file_list
);
678 if (O_BINARY
&& ! isatty (STDOUT_FILENO
))
679 xfreopen (NULL
, "wb", stdout
);
684 for (i
= 0; file
[i
]; ++i
)
685 ok
&= tac_file (file
[i
]);
688 /* Flush the output buffer. */
689 output ((char *) NULL
, (char *) NULL
);
691 if (have_read_stdin
&& close (STDIN_FILENO
) < 0)
693 error (0, errno
, "-");
698 size_t offset
= sentinel_length
? sentinel_length
: 1;
699 free (G_buffer
- offset
);
702 exit (ok
? EXIT_SUCCESS
: EXIT_FAILURE
);