Bash script version:
#!/bin/bash
#Simple script to reverse an input name
echo "Enter your name";read 'myname'
echo "Your name spelled backwards is: $( echo $myname | rev )"
exit 0
One-liner version:
echo -n "what is your name?";read name;echo "$name" |rev
Or how about this more ridiculous example (one that doesn't use the "rev" program):
#!/bin/bash
#Simple script to reverse an input name
echo -n "Enter your name:"
read myname
numChars=$(echo -n "$myname" |wc -c)
revname=
while [ $numChars -gt 0 ]
do
revname=$revname$(echo -n "$myname"|cut -b$numChars)
numChars=$(expr $numChars - 1)
done
echo "Your name spelled backwards is: $revname"
exit 0
Ridiculous one-liner version (one that doesn't use the 'rev' program):
echo -n "Enter your name:";read myname;numChars=$(echo -n "$myname" |wc -c);revname=;while [ $numChars -gt 0 ];do revname=$revname$(echo -n "$myname"|cut -b$numChars);numChars=$(expr $numChars - 1);done;echo "$revname"
