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Old 07-21-2008
BASH uppercase conversion

How can I convert a variable to uppercase like ksh, typeset -u $1 in bash?
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Old 07-21-2008
Code:
 echo 'hi' | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'

takes [:lower:] TO [:upper:] reverse for upper to lower if needed
 
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