PerlIO::reverse(3)

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.