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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Renaming multiple files, specifically changing their case Post 302490813 by otheus on Tuesday 25th of January 2011 05:49:21 PM
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My script doesn't nicely handle the case where the the file already has the proper name. In those cases, mv will complain about target and source being the same file. To prevent that, simply change the for:
Code:
for file in [a-z]* ;do

As far as a "pure" bash solution, I don't think one exists without writing a big case-Waac to handle lower - upper case conversion. Luckily, cut and tr are standard tools on every system. But it's pretty cool to see how ruby is apt for more than just Web Development.
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towlower(3)						     Library Functions Manual						       towlower(3)

NAME
towlower, towupper - Convert uppercase and lowercase wide characters LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc) SYNOPSIS
#include <wctype.h> wint_t towlower ( wint_t wc); wint_t towupper ( wint_t wc); STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows: towlower(), towupper(): XSH5.0 Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. PARAMETERS
Specifies the wide character to convert. DESCRIPTION
The towlower() function converts the uppercase wide character specified by the wc parameter into the corresponding lowercase wide charac- ter. The towupper() function converts the lowercase wide character specified by the wc parameter into the corresponding uppercase wide character. The behavior of the towlower() and towupper() functions are affected by the LC_CTYPE category of the program's locale. [Tru64 UNIX] In a locale where case conversion information is not defined, these functions determine the case of characters according to the rules of the C locale. RETURN VALUES
In the towlower() function, if the wc parameter contains an uppercase wide character that has a corresponding lowercase wide character, that wide character is returned. Otherwise, the wc parameter is returned unchanged. In the towupper() function, if the wc parameter contains a lowercase wide character that has a corresponding uppercase wide character, that wide character is returned. Otherwise, the wc parameter is returned unchanged. RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: conv(3), setlocale(3), towctrans(3), wctrans(3) Standards: standards(5) delim off towlower(3)
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