kyung@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Kyung Lee) (12/12/90)
Hi everyone, since unix is case sensitive, I'm having some problem with file names...small and CAPs. Has anyone ever come up with a program that renames all the files in a directory from small letter to CAPs?? Well, if there is anyone out there who did, drop me an e-mail. Thanx. ----- kyung@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu kyung@uhccvx.BITNET
tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) (12/12/90)
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.COM>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmers
Subject: Re: CHANGING file names - (small to CAPITOL)
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References: <10617@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
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Organization: CONVEX Software Development, Richardson, TX
Keywords: small to CAPs
In article <10617@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> kyung@uhccux.UUCP (Kyung Lee) writes:
: Hi everyone, since unix is case sensitive, I'm having some
: problem with file names...small and CAPs.
This is a feature.
: Has anyone ever come up with a program that renames all the
: files in a directory from small letter to CAPs??
That's not the way most people want it changed, you know. Who
wants all those ugly capitals anyway?
On the other hand, the poster was looking to changing to capitols.
He might try:
mv * /usa/washington-dc/
or some similar incantation.
: Well, if there is anyone out there who did, drop me
: an e-mail. Thanx.
Sheesh, doesn't anyone read the Frequently Asked Questions list
anymore??? There are also a bunch of big, ugly, grody C hacks in
alt.sources on this right now, plus a small, elegant, generic perl
solution as well. :-)
Look around.
--tom
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Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist
"With a kernel dive, all things are possible, but it sure makes it hard
to look at yourself in the mirror the next morning." -mejosef@nixpbe.nixdorf.de (josef Moellers) (12/14/90)
In <110800@convex.convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes: >In article <10617@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> kyung@uhccux.UUCP (Kyung Lee) writes: >: Hi everyone, since unix is case sensitive, I'm having some >: problem with file names...small and CAPs. >This is a feature. >: Has anyone ever come up with a program that renames all the >: files in a directory from small letter to CAPs?? >That's not the way most people want it changed, you know. Who >wants all those ugly capitals anyway? Try % for file in * > do cap=`echo $file | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'` > mv $file $cap > done % -- | Josef Moellers | c/o Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG | | USA: mollers.pad@nixdorf.com | Abt. STO-XS 113 | | !USA: mollers.pad@nixdorf.de | Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring | | Phone: (+49) 5251 104662 | D-4790 Paderborn |
mercer@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer) (12/22/90)
In article <josef.661159919@ugum01> josef@nixpbe.nixdorf.de (josef Moellers) writes: :In <110800@convex.convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes: : :>In article <10617@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> kyung@uhccux.UUCP (Kyung Lee) writes: :>: Hi everyone, since unix is case sensitive, I'm having some :>: problem with file names...small and CAPs. : :>This is a feature. : :>: Has anyone ever come up with a program that renames all the :>: files in a directory from small letter to CAPs?? : :>That's not the way most people want it changed, you know. Who :>wants all those ugly capitals anyway? : :Try :% for file in * :> do cap=`echo $file | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'` :> mv $file $cap :> done :% : :-- :| Josef Moellers | c/o Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG | :| USA: mollers.pad@nixdorf.com | Abt. STO-XS 113 | :| !USA: mollers.pad@nixdorf.de | Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring | :| Phone: (+49) 5251 104662 | D-4790 Paderborn | There is a far more efficient method: <set -- `echo * | tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"` <for i in * <do <mv $i $1 <shift <done This eliminates the need to load tr for each and every file -- Dan Mercer NCR Network Products Division - Network Integration Services Reply-To: mercer@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer) "MAN - the only one word oxymoron in the English Language"