uppercase to lowercase

ajit.yadav83 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-16-2008

i have no variable and no file
i just want to convert AJIT to ajit
with some command in UNIX
can anybody help

manosubsulo · #2 (**permalink**) 10-16-2008

Code:

echo "AJIT" | tr [A-Z] [a-z]

ajit.yadav83 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-16-2008

thanks both of u
it worked
thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!

fpmurphy · #4 (**permalink**) 10-16-2008

If you are using ksh, you can do the conversion without calling an external utility such as tr i.e.

Code:

orgvar="AJAX"
echo $orgvar
typeset -l newvar=$orgvar
echo $newvar

joeyg · #5 (**permalink**) 10-16-2008

Code:

> echo "AJIT"
AJIT
> echo "AJIT" | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"
ajit
> echo "AJIT" | tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]"
ajit
>

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