How do I 'cat' a text file but start from the bottom instead of top

Question

I have a very big text log file of about 37MB.
Using cat file | more I can view the file contents one page at a time.

The problem is that this always starts from the top - the old entries.
How can I make it start from the bottom where the newer entries are then move up page by page?

Solution

Try the tac command, which reverses the input, line by line.

Alternatively, less is more. Start at the end of the file using +G:

less +G some-file

You might have to get used to pressing b (which jumps back a screen) instead of Space.

Comments

[Parto]

tac starts at the bottom but I can't get a way to go up a screen. less some-file +G doesn't seem to work.

[muru]

@Parto go up a screen in what? As for +G, open the file in less, then press Shift-G. Does it go to the end of the file?

[muru]

@Parto apparently less doesn't follow the Vim convention of allowing commands after filenames even though it borrows key strokes from it. Try less +G some-file.

[Ville]

less +G seems more natural when viewing command line history, for example. Something like this: alias h='history -999999 | less +G'