NAME

PerlIO::reverse - Reads lines backward

SYNOPSIS

open my $rev, '<:reverse', 'foo.txt';
print while <$rev>; # print contents reversely

DESCRIPTION

The :reverse layer reads lines backward like tac(1).

EXAMPLE

Here is a minimal implementation of tac(1).

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Usage: $0 files...
use open IN => ':reverse';
print while <>;
__END__

NOTE

• This layer cannot deal with unseekable filehandles and layers: tty, :gzip, :dir, etc.

• This layer is partly incompatible with Win32 system. You have to call binmode($fh) before pushing it dynamically.

SEE ALSO

PerlIO::Util.

AUTHOR

Goro Fuji (藤 吾郎) <gfuji (at) cpan.org>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2008, Goro Fuji <gfuji (at) cpan.org>. Some rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.