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33 .Dd $Mdocdate: October 28 2016 $
38 .Nd reverse lines of a file
45 utility copies the specified files to the standard output, reversing the
46 order of characters in every line.
47 If no files are specified, the standard input is read.
49 .Bl -tag -width LC_CTYPE
51 The character encoding
53 It decides which byte sequences form characters.
54 If unset or set to "C", "POSIX", or an unsupported value,
55 the order of individual bytes is reversed.