Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:27:35 -0600 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Alex <al.feldman@sangoma.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upper <->Lower in shell script Message-ID: <19991217102735.E523@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <199912171619.IAA26603@www.geocrawler.com> References: <199912171619.IAA26603@www.geocrawler.com>
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On Fri, Dec 17, 1999, Alex wrote: > I need in my shell script change upper case to > lower case for characters. Cureently , I call c > programm from script which do it. > Is anybody did this inside script? Shells such as ksh (both PDKSH and AT&T KSH, available in ports, support this) and bash have a typeset command. To convert something to all upper-case is surprisingly easy: typeset -u variable Example: $ typeset -u f $ f=abc $ echo $f ABC -- |Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> |Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein `------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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