How can I reverse the order of lines in a file?

Question

I'd like to reverse the order of lines in a text file (or stdin), preserving the contents of each line. So, i.e., starting with: foo bar baz I'd like to end up with baz bar foo Is there a standard UNIX commandline utility for this?

Answer 1

Please investigate the following UNIX commands:

TAC and CAT

TAIL

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