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	Phillip Spring <gatinhodosseussonhos@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Never forget a special trick...
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On 3/4/12 12:47 PM, Devin Teske wrote:
> On Mar 4, 2012, at 12:29 PM, Phillip Spring wrote:
>
>> Dear anonymous open-source enthusiasts friends,
>>
>> How to echo a string backwards into a terminal?
>> For example (or something like this):
>>
>> # echo @_foo_$
>> oof
>>
>> Or it could be something else (that's because I forgot it):
>>
>> # echo $_bar_@
>> rab
>>
>> Someone told me how to do it but I can't remember this trick.
>> I just remember the date it happened: Oct-13-2011
>>
>
> You're looking for rev(1)
>
> Example:
>
> # echo foo | rev
> oof
>
gosh, how did I survive so long without this program..?

oh yeah..  I remember.. never needed to do that..