'\" t .\" Copyright 1993, David Metcalfe .\" Copyright, the authors of the Linux man-pages project .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" .TH strrchr 3 2026-08-10 "Linux man-pages 6.19" .SH NAME strrchr \- string rear-search character .SH LIBRARY Standard C library .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc ) .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include .P .BI "char *strrchr(const char *" s ", int " c ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .BR strrchr () returns a pointer to the last occurrence of the character .I c in the string .IR s . .P It is equivalent to .P .in +4n .EX memrchr(s, c, strlen(s) + 1) .EE .in .SH RETURN VALUE See .BR strchr (3). .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see .BR attributes (7). .TS allbox; lbx lb lb l l l. Interface Attribute Value T{ .na .nh .BR strrchr () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE .SH STANDARDS C11, POSIX.1-2008. .SH HISTORY POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD. .SH SEE ALSO .BR string (3), .BR strchr (3), .BR wcsrchr (3)