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11-16-2005
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(OSX) Capitalization using tr
Mac OSX Terminal/Unix question
I would like to capitalize the words at the beggining of sentences using the tr command, im not sure if this is possible, if not please tell me another way, I oly have TextEdit, no auto capitalization so just having a quick Unix way 'round it would be great. 
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11-21-2005
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Use VI
Backup your file first. Then from terminal, vi the file
vi /users/yourid/novel.txt Then type the following :%s/[.!?]\_s\+\a/\U&\E/g Hit enter That should work for you. Then type :wq and press enter. Your file is edited and saved.
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