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# 8  
Old 11-16-2010
I kinda like this:

Code:
echo "EDW_WHOLESALE_VORTEX" | perl -pe 's/([a-zA-Z])/[\u$1\l$1]/g'
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TMTOWTDI!

Nathan
# 9  
Old 11-16-2010
Nice, this will also work in GNU sed:
Code:
sed 's/[[:alpha:]]/[\u&\l&]/g'

# 10  
Old 11-16-2010
I like the gnu sed even better.. very simple and clean
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