04-20-2010
Trying to capitalize first letter of every word in Variable
Total Bash noob, have been successful in doing my script by searching and looking at examples, but I need some assitance with this one, just can't figure it out.
In the Bash script I am trying to capitalize the first letter of every word in a string, ideally not changing other capitalization.
An example:
StartingVariable="NZ is the code for New Zealand"
NewVariable="NZ Is The Code For New Zealand"
If the only choice is title case then I'll go that route which would result NZ becoming Nz. Ultimately I can't figure out how to do either.
I did find a similar discussion here:
[SOLVED] 'tr' command working in console but not in bash script - Ubuntu Forums
And while it did echo the Title Case to the terminal, I couldn't figure out how to set a variable to that output.
I would really appreciate some help with this.
Thanks.
Randy
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RBASH(1) General Commands Manual RBASH(1)
NAME
rbash - restricted bash, see bash(1)
RESTRICTED SHELL
If bash is started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at invocation, the shell becomes restricted. A restricted shell is
used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the follow-
ing are disallowed or not performed:
o changing directories with cd
o setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, ENV, or BASH_ENV
o specifying command names containing /
o specifying a file name containing a / as an argument to the . builtin command
o specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the -p option to the hash builtin command
o importing function definitions from the shell environment at startup
o parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at startup
o redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirection operators
o using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another command
o adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options to the enable builtin command
o using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell builtins
o specifying the -p option to the command builtin command
o turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted.
These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read.
When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script.
SEE ALSO
bash(1)
GNU Bash-4.0 2004 Apr 20 RBASH(1)