srb@beta.lanl.gov ( Steve Berger ) (06/08/89)
I have a directory with all the filenames in Uppercase letters. I'd like to move them all to lowercase. Is there an easy way to do that? I figure there must be a way using sed or something, but I haven't figured it out yet, and I don't want to go thru and use mv to move each file name, that will take me forever. Any ideas will be appreciated. Steve Berger srb@lanl.gov
wrp@biochsn.acc.Virginia.EDU (William R. Pearson) (06/09/89)
In article <25879@beta.lanl.gov> srb@beta.UUCP ( Steve Berger ) writes: > > I have a directory with all the filenames in Uppercase letters. > I'd like to move them all to lowercase. > > Is there an easy way to do that? I figure there must be a way using > sed or something, but I haven't figured it out yet, and I don't want to > go thru and use mv to move each file name, that will take me forever. > > Any ideas will be appreciated. > > Steve Berger > > srb@lanl.gov Here is a program called tolower, that takes an argument and returns it in lowercase. Compile it and use the csh script: foreach file (*) mv $file `tolower $file` end ======== tolower.c ========== /* tolower.c converts argument to lowercase on stdout */ #include <stdio.h> main(argc,argv) int argc; char **argv; { if (argc > 1) {lowers(argv[1]); printf("%s",argv[1]); exit(0);} else exit(1); } lowers(str) char *str; { char tolower(); for (; *str; str++) *str = tolower(*str); } char tolower(chr) char chr; { if (chr>='A'&& chr<='Z') return chr-'A'+'a'; else return chr; }
conan@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Robert B Carroll) (06/09/89)
In article <25879@beta.lanl.gov> srb@beta.UUCP ( Steve Berger ) writes: > > I have a directory with all the filenames in Uppercase letters. > I'd like to move them all to lowercase. > > Is there an easy way to do that? I figure there must be a way using > sed or something, but I haven't figured it out yet, and I don't want to > go thru and use mv to move each file name, that will take me forever. > fat chance of changing the name of a file unless you either copy it or 'mv' it. doing a 'mv' doesn't take to much time. unless you hack around with the inode table and stuff. -- conan@vax1.acs.udel.edu OR conan@192.5.57.1 CONAN THE BARBARIAN of Cimmeria
maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) (06/09/89)
srb@beta.lanl.gov ( Steve Berger ) writes:
\ I have a directory with all the filenames in Uppercase letters.
\ I'd like to move them all to lowercase.
for i in *
do
mv $i `echo $i | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
done
--
"Your password [should be] like your |Maarten Litmaath @ VU Amsterdam:
toothbrush." (Don Alvarez) |maart@cs.vu.nl, mcvax!botter!maartked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) (06/09/89)
In article <25879@beta.lanl.gov> srb@beta.UUCP ( Steve Berger ) writes: > > I have a directory with all the filenames in Uppercase letters. > I'd like to move them all to lowercase. > > Is there an easy way to do that? I figure there must be a way using > sed or something, but I haven't figured it out yet, and I don't want to > go thru and use mv to move each file name, that will take me forever. > > Any ideas will be appreciated. > > Steve Berger > > srb@lanl.gov There are many ways you can do this. The one given below works. It is not necessarily "efficient" except that it took me about 1 second to think it through. for i in * do T=`echo $i | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]` mv $i $T done If you want to do it with sed, look at the "y" command. Earl H. Kinmonth History Department University of California, Davis Davis, California 95616 916-752-1636 (2300-0800 PDT for FAX) 916-752-0776 (secretary) ucbvax!ucdavis!ucdked!cck (email) cc-dnet.ucdavis.edu [128.120.2.251] (request ucdked, login as guest)
dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (06/09/89)
In article <1613@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> wrp@biochsn.acc.Virginia.EDU.acc.Virginia.EDU (William R. Pearson) writes: >Here is a program called tolower, that takes an argument and returns it in >lowercase. Compile it and use the csh script: > foreach file (*) > mv $file `tolower $file` > end Oh, you mean: foreach file (*) mv $file `echo $file | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'` end -- Steve Dyer dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer dyer@arktouros.mit.edu
mbrands@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Manfred Brands) (06/09/89)
In article <25879@beta.lanl.gov> srb@beta.UUCP ( Steve Berger ) writes: > > I have a directory with all the filenames in Uppercase letters. > I'd like to move them all to lowercase. > Try: for file in * do mv $file `echo $file | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'` done I use it when I have transferred files from my DOS system to a UNIX system using Kermit. Manfred. -- # Manfred Brands INTERNET: mbrands@idca.tds.philips.nl # # Philips TDS, Dept. SSP UUCP: ...!mcvax!philapd!mbrands # # P.O. Box 245 VOICE: +31 55 432097 # # 7300 AE Apeldoorn, The Netherlands #
mrm@sceard.UUCP (M.R.Murphy) (06/14/89)
In article <25879@beta.lanl.gov> srb@beta.UUCP ( Steve Berger ) writes: > > I have a directory with all the filenames in Uppercase letters. > I'd like to move them all to lowercase. > > Is there an easy way to do that? I figure there must be a way using > sed or something, but I haven't figured it out yet, and I don't want to > go thru and use mv to move each file name, that will take me forever. > > Any ideas will be appreciated. > > Steve Berger > > srb@lanl.gov In all of the followups to this posting that I saw, I didn't notice anyone mention the possible advisability of checking that the translation to lowercase of the filename in question might produce a filename that already exists in the directory in question. This, then, might cause unwanted or unexpected results if some of the simpler scripts were used verbatim. Pedantic, eh? If I had a dime for each time I've spouted "Oops" or stronger 1.8sec after hitting <CR> with my right little finger, I could buy a good book on shell programming :-) Typing FMT DK0:/VE=DK1: in DOS-11 with a source pack on DK0: and a scratch on DK1: at 2AM comes to mind. --- Mike Murphy Sceard Systems, Inc. 544 South Pacific St. San Marcos, CA 92069 mrm@Sceard.COM {hp-sdd,nosc,ucsd,uunet}!sceard!mrm +1 619 471 0655
davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (William Davidsen) (06/15/89)
In article <895@sceard.UUCP> mrm@sceard.UUCP (0040-M.R.Murphy) writes: | In all of the followups to this posting that I saw, I didn't notice | anyone mention the possible advisability of checking that the | translation to lowercase of the filename in question might produce | a filename that already exists in the directory in question. The xxu program I suggested includes this checking. If you say "oops" 1.8 sec after doing something you are far more polite than I... what I usually say is not suitable for posting, and I often say it while the finger is still pressing down the key, when the brain says "no, stop!", and the finger muscles say "wait a mo, I'm pressing this RETURN key... ok, now I'll pull away from it." I run shell functions for a few of the things which I most like to type wrong, as well. Let the computer do the error checking. bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM) {uunet | philabs}!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me