moving lowercase to uppercase files

[mckarl]

hi there, i have a small quiz for you all, <br>
<br>
i need to change many files from lowercase to uppercase... <br>
<br>
EG:<br>
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<br>
file1.cpy TO FILE1.cpy<br>
file2.cpy TO FILE2.cpy<br>
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i need the .cpy (copybooks) to stay LOWERCASE and the other from lower to uppercase. <br>
There are many files, and i do not whish to rename them all ) what about awk or something?? anyone <br>
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thanks... karl<br>
<p> <br><a href=mailto:mc_karl@yahoo.com>mc_karl@yahoo.com</a><br><a href=karls-stuff.co.uk>my stuff ) WINProducts & stuff</a><br>- Karl<br>
<br>
- <b> the </b> damn good lookin' one

 

[allais]

What about:<br>
<br>
#!/bin/ksh<br>
<br>
typeset -l LowerCase<br>
<br>
for File in *.cpy<br>
do<br>
LowerCase=$File<br>
if [[ ! -f $LowerCase ]]<br>
then<br>
mv $File $LowerCase<br>
fi<br>
done<br>
<br>
Hope this helps,<br>
Patrice. <p>Patrice ALLAIS<br><a href=mailto:allais@lucent.com>allais@lucent.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[mckarl]

Allais... thanks for the reply... i tried the script.. and after modifying it to change to <b>uppercase</b> ) it worked fine... <br>
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<i>Except</i> I need it to leave the .cpy <b>lowercase</b>..<br>
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hmm...... is it possible that it will change up only to the full-stop?... using $1 or something... <br>
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Thanks for the reply... and i am testing a few things out... <br>
<br>
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Have Fun... Karl.<br>
<br>
<p> <br><a href=mailto:mc_karl@yahoo.com>mc_karl@yahoo.com</a><br><a href=karls-stuff.co.uk>my stuff ) WINProducts & stuff</a><br>- Karl<br>
<br>
- <b> the </b> damn good lookin' one

 

[MikeLacey]

I knew I'd seen it somewhere.<br>
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Try this;<br>
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--snip--<br>
# a loop where $f is set to each filename matching *.CPY:<br>
for f in *.CPY<br>
do<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;nf=$(print $f ¦ tr [a-z] [A-Z])<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;nf=$(print ${nf%.CPY}).cpy<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mv $f $nf<br>
done<br>
--snip--<br>
<br>
You could rename a lot of files like this - so go carefully.<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
<br>
<p>Mike Lacey<br><a href=mailto:Mike_Lacey@Cargill.Com>Mike_Lacey@Cargill.Com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[darkstar]

using the script submitted by allias, typesetting to uppercase, of course, add an entry that crops the .cpy from the variable thusly:<br>
${File}=${File%%.cpy}<br>
before doing the LowerCase=$File thing (or UpperCase if you changed your variables to match your intention).<br>
Of course, you need to change the mv command to reflect the lack of .cpy in the ${File} variable to:<br>
mv ${File}.cpy ${UpperCase}.cpy

 

[mckarl]

Thanks Dstar. Thanks lads, thanks everyone. i have now solved my problem... and about to post a new one )<br>
<br>
- Karl<br>
<p> <br><a href=mailto:mc_karl@yahoo.com>mc_karl@yahoo.com</a><br><a href=karls-stuff.co.uk>my stuff ) WINProducts & stuff</a><br>- Karl<br>
<br>
- <b> the </b> damn good lookin' one