Linux tac Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples) | Linux Today

Linux tac Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)

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Himanshu Arora
May 23, 2018

As you may be aware, the cat command is mainly used for displaying file contents in output. However, what you may not be aware of is that there exists a command that does exactly opposite of what cat does. The tool in question is tac, and in this tutorial, we will discuss its basics using some easy to understand examples.

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Himanshu Arora

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