bash: lines of a file in reverse order?

[Kush]

Maybe this might work

tail -50  filename | tac |  grep -m 1 "matching" 

Kush


Interlug wrote:
> tail -50 -r filename | grep -m 1 "matching" 
> would grab it for me if it exists in the last 50 lines of the log.  
>
> Surely this is being done elsewhere.  Got a pointer? 
>
>   

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