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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Context Sensitive smallcap => TitleCap conversion in an entire text file Post 302488111 by monkeyman on Saturday 15th of January 2011 05:05:13 AM
Old 01-15-2011
Power Context Sensitive smallcap => TitleCap conversion in an entire text file
I desperately need to write a script that go into text documents that list the location of files in small caps and have it convert the directories and subdirectories that lead to the file as Title Caps while leaving the file itself in small caps... to illustrate what I mean:

I need to turn txt file upon txt files containing:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
\music\artist\album\title-in-small-caps.mp3
......
\music\arc-en-ciel\jam sessions\12 alec alec boum!.mp3
\music\babel soundtrack\babel original soundtrack\10 bibo no aozora_endless flight_bab.mp3
\music\benjamin zephaniah\belly of de beast\wake up.mp3
-----------------------------------------------

into:
------------------------------------------------
\Music\Artist\Album\title-in-small-caps.mp3
...........
\Music\Arc-En-Ciel\Jam Sessions\12 alec alec boum!.mp3
\Music\Babel Soundtrack\Babel Original Soundtrack\10 bibo no aozora_endless flight_bab.mp3
\Music\Benjamin Zephaniah\Belly Of De Beast\wake up.mp3
---------------------------

I can think up the algorithm easily but I have zero knowledge of the synthax need to pull this off:

Algoritm:
for each line, count the number of "/" characters there are, if a string is between two "/" characters, TitleCase it. If the string is between a "/" character and a ".mp3" string, do not change it and move on to next line.

how would I go about doing this in a script or pearl?

This thread discusses capitalization but it will capitalize everything... [see trackback link]


Does anyone have any ideas?
 

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