Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community


Shell Programming and Scripting

Conversion from Upper Case to Lower Case Condition based

Login to Discuss or Reply to this Discussion in Our Community

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Conversion from Upper Case to Lower Case Condition based
# 8  
Old 07-08-2011
Why do you need to make those line uppercase ?

If it is for further matching, you could just use the -i option of fgrep/grep
# 9  
Old 07-08-2011
Gurus :

Following is the SAMPLE

INPUT FILE (DATA.DAT)
=================
Code:
222222 1 A1B1 aaaaabbbbb ccccccccc
333333 6 A2B2 xxxxxxyyyy dddddddddd
555555 Q222 hdhdhdh3k3k jvjvmvkfkfkfk

Code:
fgrep "A2B2" /export/home/oracle/TST/data.dat | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' > Buzz

OUTPUT FILE (Buzz) from the above command
==================================
Code:
333333 6 A2B2 XXXXXYYYYY DDDDDDDDDD


OUTPUT DESIRED
===========================================
Code:
222222 1 A1B1 aaaaabbbbb ccccccccc
333333 6 A2B2 XXXXXYYYYY DDDDDDDDDD
555555 Q222 hdhdhdh3k3k jvjvmvkfkfkfk

====================================================

Is there any other option to get the above mentioned output


Thanks
B-
Last edited by Franklin52; 07-08-2011 at 04:05 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 10  
Old 07-08-2011
yes you can do it in awk...
Code:
awk '{printf("%s\n",$0~"A2B2"?toupper($0):$0)}' file

# 11  
Old 07-08-2011
Hello :
Code:
awk '{printf("%s\n",$0~"A2B2"?toupper($0):$0)}' file

Its spitting out the followign error
Code:
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk : illegal statement near line 1

Last edited by Franklin52; 07-08-2011 at 06:14 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 12  
Old 07-08-2011
use nawk on Solaris
This User Gave Thanks to shamrock For This Post:
tsbiju
# 13  
Old 07-08-2011
@Shamrock

Thanks a lot ! It worked like a charm Smilie
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Change first letter of a word from lower case to upper case

Hi all, I am trying to find a way to change first letter in a word from lower case to upper case. It should be done for each first word in text or in paragraph, and also for each word after punctuation like . ; : ! ?I found the following command sed -i 's/\s*./\U&\E/g' $@ filenamebut... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: georgi58
7 Replies

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

To convert Lower case to Upper Case

There is a script where we pass the parameter in lower case: say: . ./scriptName pArameter #!/bin/ksh echo "`date` Entering $0 Reloading the $1 table " mname1=$1 (code to login MYSQL Database) Truncate table $mname1; exit ! Since now there is a limitaion of MYSQL that it accept... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: ambarginni
5 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

converting to lower case or upper case

here is a code column_name="vivek" column_name2="ViVeK" column_name=$(echo $column_name | awk '{print tolower($0)}') column_name2=$(echo $column_name2 | awk '{print tolower($0)}') echo "column name 1 lower: $column_name" echo "column name... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: vivek d r
6 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

[Solved] Change Upper case to Lower case in C shell

Is there a command that can switch a character variable from UPPER case to lower case? like foreach AC ( ABC BCD PLL QIO) set ac `COMMAND($AC)` ... end Thanks a lot! (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rockytodd
3 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

data array needs to change upper case to lower case

Hi all, i have a data array as followes. ARRAY=DFSG345GGG ARRAY=234FDFG090 ARRAY=VDFVGBGHH so on.......... i need all english letters to be change to lower case. So i am expecting to see ARRAY=dfsg345ggg ARRAY=234fdfg090 ARRAY=vdfvgbghh so on........ If i have to copy this data in... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: usustarr
8 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Script to Convert Upper case to Lower case

Hi All I have a script which extracts values from a Database (A persons name) and puts it into a variable in my script IE: $NAME However the Value in the DB is all in uppercase and contains the users first name and last name EG: > echo $NAME GRAHAM BOYLE > What I need is only the... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: grahambo2005
7 Replies

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Lower Case > Upper Case

Hi, All - I have a script where I need to change the server name from "dallinux01" to "DALLINUX01" in multiple places. Can some one tell me a command that I can use for this? I played with the tr (translate) command but tr works byte by byte. Meaning that when I use the tr command all... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ora_umair
3 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

convert upper case to lower case in ascript

I have a package to install and the installation script which does it . The files/directories names in the script are all lower case but the actual package has everything in upper case - file names, directories . I don't want to rename directories and files in the package - it has a lot of them . ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: vz6zz8
2 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

how to convert value in a variable from upper case to lower case

Hi, I have a variable $Ctrcd which contains country names in upper case and i want to convert them into lower case. I have tried so many solutions from already existing threads but couldn't get the correct one. Can anybody help me with this..... Thanks a lot.. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: manmeet
2 Replies

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

lower case to upper case string conversion in shell script

How can convert a Lower case variable value to an upper case in the kron shell script. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: dchalavadi
3 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question