TAC(1)                   User Commands                   TAC(1)





NAME
       tac - concatenate and print files in reverse

SYNOPSIS
       tac [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Write  each  FILE  to  standard output, last line first.
       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       Mandatory arguments to long options  are  mandatory  for
       short options too.

       -b, --before
              attach the separator before instead of after

       -r, --regex
              interpret the separator as a regular expression

       -s, --separator=STRING
              use STRING as the separator instead of newline

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Jay Lepreau and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation for tac is maintained as a Tex-
       info manual.  If the info and tac programs are  properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info tac

       should give you access to the complete manual.



tac 5.3.0                December 2004                   TAC(1)