Script / sort question; sort on last field of a line?

[Walter Dnes]

On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 09:26:02AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote
> On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 01:45:32AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
> >   How do I sort on the last (or 2nd last or whatever) field of a line?
> > 
> >   One awkward possibility involves rewriting the lines backwards,
> > sorting on what is now the first field, and rewriting the lines
> > backwards a second time.  I'm not aware of a utility to do write lines
> > backwards.  I am *NOT* thinking of "tac" which writes the lines
> > unaltered but reverses their order.  I want to write *EACH INDIVIDUAL
> > LINE* backwards.  The following script does what I want...
> 
> man rev

<ELVIS>
Thank you, thank you, thank you verry verry much.
</ELVIS>

  I had seen Google references to a "reverse" command in some *nixes,
but couldn't find it in linux.  Even after 5 years, I still occasionally
have to ask "what command do I use to...".

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