Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 16:44:43 -0600 From: Don Read <sysop@calcasieu.com> To: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: lowercase filenames Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981230164443.008ece70@mail> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812301628490.866-100000@foobar.hyperhost.ne t>
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back on 04:34 PM 12/30/98 -0500, you said:
>I have a directory with filenames like:
>FOO.xxx
>Bar.yyy
>hex.zzz
>
>What would be the easiest way to convert them to lowercase (and possibly
>checking for existing lowercase counterparts before overwriting them)
#!/bin/sh
for old in *[A-Z]*
do
new=`echo "$old" | tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]"`
mv $old $old.tmp
if [ -f "$new" ]
then
echo backup $new "->" $new.bak
mv $new $new.bak
fi
echo $old "->" $new
mv $old.tmp $new
done
Regards,
--
Don Read sysop@calcasieu.com
EDP Manager dread@texas.net
Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX
- Ya jes' mash that button, rite jher
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