.TH REVOUTPUT 3am "Aug 02 2015" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Awk Extension Modules"
.SH NAME
revoutput \- Reverse output strings sample extension
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ft CW
@load "revoutput"
.sp
BEGIN { REVOUT = 1 }    # Reverse all output strings
.ft R
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I revoutput
extension
adds a simple output wrapper that reverses the characters in each output
line.
It's main purpose is to show how to write an output wrapper, although
it may be mildly amusing for the unwary.
.\" .SH BUGS
.SH EXAMPLE
.ft CW
.nf
@load "revoutput"

BEGIN {
    REVOUT = 1
    print "hello, world" > "/dev/stdout"
}
.fi
.ft R
.PP
The output from this program is:
.PP
.ft CW
.nf
dlrow ,olleh
.fi
.ft R
.SH BUGS
This extension does not affect the default standard output.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR "GAWK: Effective AWK Programming" ,
.IR filefuncs (3am),
.IR fnmatch (3am),
.IR fork (3am),
.IR inplace (3am),
.IR ordchr (3am),
.IR readdir (3am),
.IR readfile (3am),
.IR rwarray (3am),
.IR time (3am).
.SH AUTHOR
Arnold Robbins,
.BR arnold@skeeve.com .
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