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Or just using tr

Code:

tr '^u' 'U'

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@danmero: Doesn't works for me. It seems to me unlikely that "tr" works with regexps.

what about this:

echo -n "${word:0:1}" | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]';
echo -n "${word:1} "

it works in bash

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