bug#12115: Please add tip about using tac to reverse a file byte-by-byte

[Andreas Schwab]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> (note that below there's the added advantage of not having to
>>> double-quote to include $nl and hence not having to double-backslash)
>>
>> You can have that with the variable as well.
>
> You're right.  We could write it like this:
>
>     printf '\na\nb'|tac -rs '.\|'$nl

No, you need the quotes around $nl.

Andreas.

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