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I don't have tac on my system ; I don't know if it's robust but I've been using for x in ${mylist}; do revv="${x} ${revv}"; done

arp
– arp

2018-01-11 08:31:51 +00:00
Commented Jan 11, 2018 at 8:31
@arp That's sort of shocking as tac is part of GNU coreutils. But your solution is also a good one.

ACK_stoverflow
– ACK_stoverflow

2018-01-11 21:45:42 +00:00
Commented Jan 11, 2018 at 21:45
@ACK_stoverflow There are systems out there without Linux userland tools.

Kusalananda
– Kusalananda ♦

2018-02-15 18:21:01 +00:00
Commented Feb 15, 2018 at 18:21
@ACK_stoverflow That's what I'm saying, yes.

Kusalananda
– Kusalananda ♦

2018-02-16 06:46:54 +00:00
Commented Feb 16, 2018 at 6:46
Instead of tac, just do tail -r.

Taher Ghaleb
– Taher Ghaleb

2022-02-20 21:55:07 +00:00
Commented Feb 20, 2022 at 21:55

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