REV(1) General Commands Manual REV(1) NAME rev – reverse lines of a file SYNOPSIS rev [file ...] DESCRIPTION The rev utility copies the specified files to the standard output, reversing the order of characters in every line. If no files are specified, the standard input is read. EXAMPLES Reverse the text from stdin: $ echo -e "reverse \t these\ntwo lines" | rev eseht esrever senil owt macOS 15.2 June 27, 2020 macOS 15.2