Need to change filenames in a particular directory from lowercase to UPPERCASE - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Duke_Lukem · #5 (**permalink**) 01-06-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by cassj

Give this a shot. This will change ALL filenames in the current directory from lower to UPPER.

Code:

cd /path/to/your/files

for file in * ; do mv $file `echo $file | sed 's/\(.*\)/\U\1/'` ; done

Hi cassj,

I tried the above code you generously provided, however the only thing that the code does is add a "U" to the beginning of each filename in the the directory.

Is there some syntax that is slightly incorrect here???
Thanks for your help!