07-09-2007
Converting the case of the string?
Hi
i have a string value in a variable STR
eg. STR="ABSDSCSFS"
How can be convert it to LOWERCASE in the script?
Thanks
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RECINS(1) User Commands RECINS(1)
NAME
recins - insert records in a recfile
SYNOPSIS
recins [OPTION]... [t TYPE] [-n NUM | -e EXPR | -q STR | -m NUM] [(-f STR -v STR]|[-R RECDATA)]... [FILE]
DESCRIPTION
Insert new records in a rec database.
-f, --field=STR
field name; should be followed by a -v.
-v, --value=STR
field value; should be preceded by an -f.
-r, --record=STR
record that will be inserted in the file.
--force
insert the record even if it is violating record restrictions.
--no-external
don't use external descriptors.
--no-auto
don't insert auto generated fields.
--verbose
give a detailed report if the integrity check fails.
-s, --password=STR
encrypt confidential fields with the given password.
--help print a help message and exit.
--version
show version and exit.
Record selection options:
-i, --case-insensitive
make strings case-insensitive in selection expressions.
-t, --type=TYPE
operate on records of the specified type only.
-e, --expression=EXPR
selection expression.
-q, --quick=STR
select records with fields containing a string.
-n, --number=NUM,...
select specific records by position, with ranges.
-R, --random=NUM
select a given number of random records.
If no FILE is specified then the command acts like a filter, getting the data from standard input and writing the result to standard out-
put.
AUTHOR
Written by Jose E. Marchesi.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-recutils@gnu.org
GNU recutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 Jose E. Marchesi. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for recins is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and recins programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info recins
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recins 1.4.93 January 2012 RECINS(1)