problem with tr command - UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

ravi raj kumar · #1 07-02-2007

Hi,

Pls consider the following function and function Call

normalize()
{
# Return string with first char uppercase, next two lowercase
echo -n $1 | cut -c1 | tr '[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]'
echo $1 | cut -c2-3| tr '[[:upper:]]' '[[:lower:]]'
}

day="$(normalize mon)"

when i print the value of "day" ,It is printing like "M on" which should be "Mon".
I want to remove the additional space at the time of translation.

Any help pls.
cheers
RK

zzxtty · #2 07-02-2007

You probably want to use awk:

echo $bob | awk '{printf "%s%s", toupper(substr($1,1,1)), tolower(substr($1,2)) }'

anbu23 · #3 07-02-2007

Code:

day=""
normalize()
{
# Return string with first char uppercase, next two lowercase
day=$(echo $1 | cut -c1 | tr '[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]')
day=${day}$(echo $1 | cut -c2-3| tr '[[:upper:]]' '[[:lower:]]')
}
normalize mon

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