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Lines 1,2,3,4,…,n-1, n to lines n,n-1, …,4,3,2,1

I just realized that I could solve this problem by reversing line numbers from 1, 2, 3,...,n to n, n-1, ..., 3,2,1 and then use the same logic as earlier. So I want to know how can I reverse the order ...
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2answers
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Comparing files and their properties

I get information of a certain set of files in my mail every day, which looks like this: 58623208 Sep 14 20:08 blbn_blfbe_drv 57904920 Sep 14 19:54 blbn_cycmn 55814208 Sep 14 06:02 clsa_Upd 38912000 ...
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remove carriage return character from large binary file

I have a large binary file ( nearly binary file ! ) which has many \r\n in it [ gets Generated in windows env and doesnt have controle over generating application ]. I want to remove \r from this ...
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Delete the first n bytes of files

I've got an extreme problem, and all of the solutions I can imagine are complicated. According to my UNIX/Linux experience there must be an easy way. I want to delete the first 31 bytes of each file ...
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2answers
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How can I cut a large file in place?

I have a very big text file, about 80GB, and I need to cut a part form it that lies between two given lines. The part I need is not big, and I have not enough space left on the hard drive to do things ...
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How can I add a line to multiple files in a directory tree structure?

Adding a line to multiple files in the same structure is not very hard, but I am stumped on how to do it over a possibly large directory tree structure. So lets say we have your project directory, ...
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How can I count the number of different characters in a file?

I would need a program, that outputs the number of the different characters in a file. Example: > stats testfile ' ': 207 'e': 186 'n': 102 Exists any tool, that do this?
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How to merge all (text) files in a directory into one?

I've got 14 files all being parts of one text. I'd like to merge them into one. How to do that?