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05-23-2007

drl

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Hi.

Also in perl:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# @(#) s1       Demonstrate quickie perl for uppercase first character.

FILE=${1-data1}

perl -wp -e '$_ = ucfirst' $FILE

exit 0

run on your sample in file data1 produces:

Code:

% ./s1
Abc
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cheers, drl