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bug#12115: Please add tip about using tac to reverse a file byte-by-byte
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Reuben Thomas |
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bug#12115: Please add tip about using tac to reverse a file byte-by-byte |
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Fri, 1 Feb 2013 21:52:04 +0000 |
On 1 February 2013 21:46, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 02/01/13 13:43, Reuben Thomas wrote:
> > What about a way to do it on a GNU system?
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> I think it works if you set LC_ALL='C', as the
> C locale is unibyte on a GNU system, but someone
> should double-check this.
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A bit of searching does not reveal to me how to verify or disprove this,
but how about using a known unibyte-locale such as an ISO8859 one? Or is
the problem then that there's none that can be guaranteed to exist?
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