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how to uppercase filenames

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Name: David wang
Date: November 15, 2002 at 22:27:12 Pacific
OS: SunOs
CPU/Ram: Ultra Sparc
Comment:

how to write a script to uppercase all filenames under one directory?
Thanks lot!



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Response Number 1
Name: jimbo
Date: November 16, 2002 at 06:14:27 Pacific
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#! /bin/ksh
# Run script in directory with the files
for i in * ; do
typeset -u NEW=$i
mv $i $NEW
done

# To convert all files to lowercase, use typeset -l

-jim



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Response Number 2
Name: apk
Date: December 7, 2002 at 14:55:33 Pacific
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#!/bin/sh

for i in $(ls *);
do
mv -v $i $(echo $i | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]');
done


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