1 /* tac - concatenate and print files in reverse
2 Copyright (C) 1988-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Written by Jay Lepreau (lepreau@cs.utah.edu).
18 GNU enhancements by David MacKenzie (djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu). */
20 /* Copy each FILE, or the standard input if none are given or when a
21 FILE name of "-" is encountered, to the standard output with the
22 order of the records reversed. The records are separated by
23 instances of a string, or a newline if none is given. By default, the
24 separator string is attached to the end of the record that it
28 -b, --before The separator is attached to the beginning
29 of the record that it precedes in the file.
30 -r, --regex The separator is a regular expression.
31 -s, --separator=separator Use SEPARATOR as the record separator.
33 To reverse a file byte by byte, use (in bash, ksh, or sh):
41 #include <sys/types.h>
46 #include "filenamecat.h"
47 #include "full-read.h"
48 #include "safe-read.h"
49 #include "temp-stream.h"
50 #include "xbinary-io.h"
52 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
53 #define PROGRAM_NAME "tac"
56 proper_name ("Jay Lepreau"), \
57 proper_name ("David MacKenzie")
60 /* The number of bytes per atomic read. */
61 #define INITIAL_READSIZE 8192
63 /* The number of bytes per atomic write. */
64 #define WRITESIZE 8192
66 /* The string that separates the records of the file. */
67 static char const *separator
;
69 /* True if we have ever read standard input. */
70 static bool have_read_stdin
= false;
72 /* If true, print 'separator' along with the record preceding it
73 in the file; otherwise with the record following it. */
74 static bool separator_ends_record
;
76 /* 0 if 'separator' is to be matched as a regular expression;
77 otherwise, the length of 'separator', used as a sentinel to
79 static size_t sentinel_length
;
81 /* The length of a match with 'separator'. If 'sentinel_length' is 0,
82 'match_length' is computed every time a match succeeds;
83 otherwise, it is simply the length of 'separator'. */
84 static size_t match_length
;
86 /* The input buffer. */
87 static char *G_buffer
;
89 /* The number of bytes to read at once into 'buffer'. */
90 static size_t read_size
;
92 /* The size of 'buffer'. This is read_size * 2 + sentinel_length + 2.
93 The extra 2 bytes allow 'past_end' to have a value beyond the
94 end of 'G_buffer' and 'match_start' to run off the front of 'G_buffer'. */
95 static size_t G_buffer_size
;
97 /* The compiled regular expression representing 'separator'. */
98 static struct re_pattern_buffer compiled_separator
;
99 static char compiled_separator_fastmap
[UCHAR_MAX
+ 1];
100 static struct re_registers regs
;
102 static struct option
const longopts
[] =
104 {"before", no_argument
, nullptr, 'b'},
105 {"regex", no_argument
, nullptr, 'r'},
106 {"separator", required_argument
, nullptr, 's'},
107 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL
},
108 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL
},
109 {nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0}
115 if (status
!= EXIT_SUCCESS
)
120 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
124 Write each FILE to standard output, last line first.\n\
128 emit_mandatory_arg_note ();
131 -b, --before attach the separator before instead of after\n\
132 -r, --regex interpret the separator as a regular expression\n\
133 -s, --separator=STRING use STRING as the separator instead of newline\n\
135 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
136 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
137 emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME
);
142 /* Print the characters from START to PAST_END - 1.
143 If START is null, just flush the buffer. */
146 output (char const *start
, char const *past_end
)
148 static char buffer
[WRITESIZE
];
149 static size_t bytes_in_buffer
= 0;
150 size_t bytes_to_add
= past_end
- start
;
151 size_t bytes_available
= WRITESIZE
- bytes_in_buffer
;
155 fwrite (buffer
, 1, bytes_in_buffer
, stdout
);
160 /* Write out as many full buffers as possible. */
161 while (bytes_to_add
>= bytes_available
)
163 memcpy (buffer
+ bytes_in_buffer
, start
, bytes_available
);
164 bytes_to_add
-= bytes_available
;
165 start
+= bytes_available
;
166 fwrite (buffer
, 1, WRITESIZE
, stdout
);
168 bytes_available
= WRITESIZE
;
171 memcpy (buffer
+ bytes_in_buffer
, start
, bytes_to_add
);
172 bytes_in_buffer
+= bytes_to_add
;
175 /* Print in reverse the file open on descriptor FD for reading FILE.
176 The file is already positioned at FILE_POS, which should be near its end.
177 Return true if successful. */
180 tac_seekable (int input_fd
, char const *file
, off_t file_pos
)
182 /* Pointer to the location in 'G_buffer' where the search for
183 the next separator will begin. */
186 /* Pointer to one past the rightmost character in 'G_buffer' that
187 has not been printed yet. */
190 /* Length of the record growing in 'G_buffer'. */
191 size_t saved_record_size
;
193 /* True if 'output' has not been called yet for any file.
194 Only used when the separator is attached to the preceding record. */
195 bool first_time
= true;
196 char first_char
= *separator
; /* Speed optimization, non-regexp. */
197 char const *separator1
= separator
+ 1; /* Speed optimization, non-regexp. */
198 size_t match_length1
= match_length
- 1; /* Speed optimization, non-regexp. */
200 /* Arrange for the first read to lop off enough to leave the rest of the
201 file a multiple of 'read_size'. Since 'read_size' can change, this may
202 not always hold during the program run, but since it usually will, leave
203 it here for i/o efficiency (page/sector boundaries and all that).
204 Note: the efficiency gain has not been verified. */
205 size_t remainder
= file_pos
% read_size
;
208 file_pos
-= remainder
;
209 if (lseek (input_fd
, file_pos
, SEEK_SET
) < 0)
210 error (0, errno
, _("%s: seek failed"), quotef (file
));
213 /* Scan backward, looking for end of file. This caters to proc-like
214 file systems where the file size is just an estimate. */
215 while ((saved_record_size
= safe_read (input_fd
, G_buffer
, read_size
)) == 0
218 off_t rsize
= read_size
;
219 if (lseek (input_fd
, -rsize
, SEEK_CUR
) < 0)
220 error (0, errno
, _("%s: seek failed"), quotef (file
));
221 file_pos
-= read_size
;
224 /* Now scan forward, looking for end of file. */
225 while (saved_record_size
== read_size
)
227 size_t nread
= safe_read (input_fd
, G_buffer
, read_size
);
230 saved_record_size
= nread
;
231 if (saved_record_size
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
236 if (saved_record_size
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
238 error (0, errno
, _("%s: read error"), quotef (file
));
242 match_start
= past_end
= G_buffer
+ saved_record_size
;
243 /* For non-regexp search, move past impossible positions for a match. */
245 match_start
-= match_length1
;
249 /* Search backward from 'match_start' - 1 to 'G_buffer' for a match
250 with 'separator'; for speed, use strncmp if 'separator' contains no
252 If the match succeeds, set 'match_start' to point to the start of
253 the match and 'match_length' to the length of the match.
254 Otherwise, make 'match_start' < 'G_buffer'. */
255 if (sentinel_length
== 0)
257 size_t i
= match_start
- G_buffer
;
259 regoff_t range
= 1 - ri
;
263 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("record too large"));
266 || ((ret
= re_search (&compiled_separator
, G_buffer
,
267 i
, i
- 1, range
, ®s
))
269 match_start
= G_buffer
- 1;
271 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
272 _("error in regular expression search"));
275 match_start
= G_buffer
+ regs
.start
[0];
276 match_length
= regs
.end
[0] - regs
.start
[0];
281 /* 'match_length' is constant for non-regexp boundaries. */
282 while (*--match_start
!= first_char
283 || (match_length1
&& !STREQ_LEN (match_start
+ 1, separator1
,
288 /* Check whether we backed off the front of 'G_buffer' without finding
289 a match for 'separator'. */
290 if (match_start
< G_buffer
)
294 /* Hit the beginning of the file; print the remaining record. */
295 output (G_buffer
, past_end
);
299 saved_record_size
= past_end
- G_buffer
;
300 if (saved_record_size
> read_size
)
302 /* 'G_buffer_size' is about twice 'read_size', so since
303 we want to read in another 'read_size' bytes before
304 the data already in 'G_buffer', we need to increase
307 size_t offset
= sentinel_length
? sentinel_length
: 1;
308 size_t old_G_buffer_size
= G_buffer_size
;
311 G_buffer_size
= read_size
* 2 + sentinel_length
+ 2;
312 if (G_buffer_size
< old_G_buffer_size
)
314 newbuffer
= xrealloc (G_buffer
- offset
, G_buffer_size
);
316 G_buffer
= newbuffer
;
319 /* Back up to the start of the next bufferfull of the file. */
320 if (file_pos
>= read_size
)
321 file_pos
-= read_size
;
324 read_size
= file_pos
;
327 if (lseek (input_fd
, file_pos
, SEEK_SET
) < 0)
328 error (0, errno
, _("%s: seek failed"), quotef (file
));
330 /* Shift the pending record data right to make room for the new.
331 The source and destination regions probably overlap. */
332 memmove (G_buffer
+ read_size
, G_buffer
, saved_record_size
);
333 past_end
= G_buffer
+ read_size
+ saved_record_size
;
334 /* For non-regexp searches, avoid unnecessary scanning. */
336 match_start
= G_buffer
+ read_size
;
338 match_start
= past_end
;
340 if (full_read (input_fd
, G_buffer
, read_size
) != read_size
)
342 error (0, errno
, _("%s: read error"), quotef (file
));
348 /* Found a match of 'separator'. */
349 if (separator_ends_record
)
351 char *match_end
= match_start
+ match_length
;
353 /* If this match of 'separator' isn't at the end of the
354 file, print the record. */
355 if (!first_time
|| match_end
!= past_end
)
356 output (match_end
, past_end
);
357 past_end
= match_end
;
362 output (match_start
, past_end
);
363 past_end
= match_start
;
366 /* For non-regex matching, we can back up. */
367 if (sentinel_length
> 0)
368 match_start
-= match_length
- 1;
373 /* Copy from file descriptor INPUT_FD (corresponding to the named FILE) to
374 a temporary file, and set *G_TMP and *G_TEMPFILE to the resulting stream
375 and file name. Return the number of bytes copied, or -1 on error. */
378 copy_to_temp (FILE **g_tmp
, char **g_tempfile
, int input_fd
, char const *file
)
382 uintmax_t bytes_copied
= 0;
383 if (!temp_stream (&fp
, &file_name
))
388 size_t bytes_read
= safe_read (input_fd
, G_buffer
, read_size
);
391 if (bytes_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
393 error (0, errno
, _("%s: read error"), quotef (file
));
397 if (fwrite (G_buffer
, 1, bytes_read
, fp
) != bytes_read
)
399 error (0, errno
, _("%s: write error"), quotef (file_name
));
403 /* Implicitly <= OFF_T_MAX due to preceding fwrite(),
404 but unsigned type used to avoid compiler warnings
405 not aware of this fact. */
406 bytes_copied
+= bytes_read
;
409 if (fflush (fp
) != 0)
411 error (0, errno
, _("%s: write error"), quotef (file_name
));
416 *g_tempfile
= file_name
;
420 /* Copy INPUT_FD to a temporary, then tac that file.
421 Return true if successful. */
424 tac_nonseekable (int input_fd
, char const *file
)
428 off_t bytes_copied
= copy_to_temp (&tmp_stream
, &tmp_file
, input_fd
, file
);
429 if (bytes_copied
< 0)
432 bool ok
= tac_seekable (fileno (tmp_stream
), tmp_file
, bytes_copied
);
436 /* Print FILE in reverse, copying it to a temporary
437 file first if it is not seekable.
438 Return true if successful. */
441 tac_file (char const *filename
)
446 bool is_stdin
= STREQ (filename
, "-");
450 have_read_stdin
= true;
452 filename
= _("standard input");
453 xset_binary_mode (STDIN_FILENO
, O_BINARY
);
457 fd
= open (filename
, O_RDONLY
| O_BINARY
);
460 error (0, errno
, _("failed to open %s for reading"),
466 file_size
= lseek (fd
, 0, SEEK_END
);
468 ok
= (file_size
< 0 || isatty (fd
)
469 ? tac_nonseekable (fd
, filename
)
470 : tac_seekable (fd
, filename
, file_size
));
472 if (!is_stdin
&& close (fd
) != 0)
474 error (0, errno
, _("%s: read error"), quotef (filename
));
481 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
483 char const *error_message
; /* Return value from re_compile_pattern. */
486 size_t half_buffer_size
;
488 /* Initializer for file_list if no file-arguments
489 were specified on the command line. */
490 static char const *const default_file_list
[] = {"-", nullptr};
491 char const *const *file
;
493 initialize_main (&argc
, &argv
);
494 set_program_name (argv
[0]);
495 setlocale (LC_ALL
, "");
496 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
497 textdomain (PACKAGE
);
499 atexit (close_stdout
);
503 separator_ends_record
= true;
505 while ((optc
= getopt_long (argc
, argv
, "brs:", longopts
, nullptr)) != -1)
510 separator_ends_record
= false;
518 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR
;
519 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME
, AUTHORS
);
521 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
525 if (sentinel_length
== 0)
528 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("separator cannot be empty"));
530 compiled_separator
.buffer
= nullptr;
531 compiled_separator
.allocated
= 0;
532 compiled_separator
.fastmap
= compiled_separator_fastmap
;
533 compiled_separator
.translate
= nullptr;
534 error_message
= re_compile_pattern (separator
, strlen (separator
),
535 &compiled_separator
);
537 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, "%s", (error_message
));
540 match_length
= sentinel_length
= *separator
? strlen (separator
) : 1;
542 read_size
= INITIAL_READSIZE
;
543 while (sentinel_length
>= read_size
/ 2)
545 if (SIZE_MAX
/ 2 < read_size
)
549 half_buffer_size
= read_size
+ sentinel_length
+ 1;
550 G_buffer_size
= 2 * half_buffer_size
;
551 if (! (read_size
< half_buffer_size
&& half_buffer_size
< G_buffer_size
))
553 G_buffer
= xmalloc (G_buffer_size
);
556 memcpy (G_buffer
, separator
, sentinel_length
+ 1);
557 G_buffer
+= sentinel_length
;
564 file
= (optind
< argc
565 ? (char const *const *) &argv
[optind
]
566 : default_file_list
);
568 xset_binary_mode (STDOUT_FILENO
, O_BINARY
);
572 for (size_t i
= 0; file
[i
]; ++i
)
573 ok
&= tac_file (file
[i
]);
576 /* Flush the output buffer. */
577 output ((char *) nullptr, (char *) nullptr);
579 if (have_read_stdin
&& close (STDIN_FILENO
) < 0)
581 error (0, errno
, "-");
585 main_exit (ok
? EXIT_SUCCESS
: EXIT_FAILURE
);