Putting the lines of a txt file in a revered order in linux

Question

Is there a way to show data in a file in reverse order ? input file is:

string1
string2
string3

i would like it to be

string3
string2
string1

*don't want the data to be sorted.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '19 at 22:55

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That's exactly what tac does.

tac - concatenate and print files in reverse

Just do

tac file

answered Dec 02 '19 at 22:55

oguz ismail

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just found this as well ```sed '1!G;h;$!d' ${inputfile}``` – Ziv Attia Dec 02 '19 at 23:11
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@Ziv Yes, I guess that's a more portable option. While sed is a standard utility, tac only comes with GNU coreutils – oguz ismail Dec 02 '19 at 23:12

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