RE: [newbie] change case
There is a prog called chgcase that does this. I found it on Google. Brian D. Klar - CVE Multimax Network Engineer WPAFB -Original Message- From: Todd Slater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 10:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] change case On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:53:15 -0500 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 15 July 2003 09:25 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:35:15 -0500 > > > > Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At one time a long ways back someone posted, I think it was a > > > small script file to change the case of file extensions, ie..MP3 > > > to .mp3. Does anyone have that laying around? I've been googling > > > and found a few, but none seem to work correctly. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Chris > > > > Or, to change *all* extensions to lowercase: > > (assuming you are in the directory you want to do this) > > > > #/bin/bash > > for i in * > > do > > name=`echo $i|cut -d '.' -f 1` > > ext=".`echo $i|cut -d '.' -f 2|tr [A-Z] [a-z]`" > > echo "$i : $name$ext" > > # mv "$i" "$name$ext" > > done > > > > Assuming that your filenames don't have '.' in the name other than > > to denote extension. > > > > Todd > > Thanks Todd, this looks more like what I want, have a slight problem > though as shown below with the output: > > usr/local/bin/chgcase: line 4: Â : command not found > /usr/local/bin/chgcase: line 5: Â : command not found > /usr/local/bin/chgcase: line 6: Â : command not found > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACDC - High Voltage]$ > > Made it executable, made a symbolic link from /home/chris to > /usr/local/bin. When run chgcase *.MP3 *.mp3 the output is as above. > I'm sure I've used this script before but I don't remembe how. > > Thanks > Chris Hi Chris, You don't have to add any arguments to the script I wrote, just run it. Note that it will change the extension for *all* files in the directory, so .DOC > .doc, .PDF > .pdf etc. I sent another script that hasn't been distributed yet for *just* .MP3 to.mp3. Here it is again in case it got lost. #/bin/bash for i in *.MP3 do name=`echo $i |sed s/'.MP3'//` ext=".mp3" echo "$i : $name$ext" # mv "$i" "$name$ext" done -- Let us be utopian for a moment so that when we get realistic again it is not that "realism" so useful to the Establishment in discouraging action. -Howard Zinn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] change case
On Tuesday 15 July 2003 09:25 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:35:15 -0500 > > Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At one time a long ways back someone posted, I think it was a small > > script file to change the case of file extensions, ie..MP3 to .mp3. > > Does anyone have that laying around? I've been googling and found a > > few, but none seem to work correctly. > > > > Thanks > > Chris > > Or, to change *all* extensions to lowercase: > (assuming you are in the directory you want to do this) > > #/bin/bash > for i in * > do > name=`echo $i|cut -d '.' -f 1` > ext=".`echo $i|cut -d '.' -f 2|tr [A-Z] [a-z]`" > echo "$i : $name$ext" > # mv "$i" "$name$ext" > done > > Assuming that your filenames don't have '.' in the name other than to > denote extension. > > Todd Thanks Todd, this looks more like what I want, have a slight problem though as shown below with the output: usr/local/bin/chgcase: line 4: Â : command not found /usr/local/bin/chgcase: line 5: Â : command not found /usr/local/bin/chgcase: line 6: Â : command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACDC - High Voltage]$ Made it executable, made a symbolic link from /home/chris to /usr/local/bin. When run chgcase *.MP3 *.mp3 the output is as above. I'm sure I've used this script before but I don't remembe how. Thanks Chris -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 9:49pm up 24 days, 4:03, 6 users, load average: 2.44, 2.13, 1.64 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] change case
On Tuesday 15 July 2003 09:09 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:35:15 -0500 > Do you have a lot of different extensions you want to change? This can > give you an idea, changing *only* the extension to lowercase. Works with > files with spaces in the name, too. Test it first, then uncomment the mv > line. > > #/bin/bash > for i in *.MP3 > do > name=`echo $i |sed s/'.MP3'//` > ext=".mp3" > echo "$i : $name$ext" > # mv "$i" "$name$ext" > done > > > Todd That worked great Todd, excatly what I'm looking for. Chcase is nice, but it changes the comple file name to lower case, of course the author says to use perl expressions to limit this, but thats beyond stil at this point. This does excatly what I want. Thanks again Chris -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 10:18pm up 24 days, 4:32, 6 users, load average: 0.01, 0.05, 0.30 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] change case
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:53:15 -0500 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 15 July 2003 09:25 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:35:15 -0500 > > > > Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At one time a long ways back someone posted, I think it was a > > > small script file to change the case of file extensions, ie..MP3 > > > to .mp3. Does anyone have that laying around? I've been googling > > > and found a few, but none seem to work correctly. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Chris > > > > Or, to change *all* extensions to lowercase: > > (assuming you are in the directory you want to do this) > > > > #/bin/bash > > for i in * > > do > > name=`echo $i|cut -d '.' -f 1` > > ext=".`echo $i|cut -d '.' -f 2|tr [A-Z] [a-z]`" > > echo "$i : $name$ext" > > # mv "$i" "$name$ext" > > done > > > > Assuming that your filenames don't have '.' in the name other than > > to denote extension. > > > > Todd > > Thanks Todd, this looks more like what I want, have a slight problem > though as shown below with the output: > > usr/local/bin/chgcase: line 4: Â : command not found > /usr/local/bin/chgcase: line 5: Â : command not found > /usr/local/bin/chgcase: line 6: Â : command not found > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACDC - High Voltage]$ > > Made it executable, made a symbolic link from /home/chris to > /usr/local/bin. When run chgcase *.MP3 *.mp3 the output is as above. > I'm sure I've used this script before but I don't remembe how. > > Thanks > Chris Hi Chris, You don't have to add any arguments to the script I wrote, just run it. Note that it will change the extension for *all* files in the directory, so .DOC > .doc, .PDF > .pdf etc. I sent another script that hasn't been distributed yet for *just* .MP3 to.mp3. Here it is again in case it got lost. #/bin/bash for i in *.MP3 do name=`echo $i |sed s/'.MP3'//` ext=".mp3" echo "$i : $name$ext" # mv "$i" "$name$ext" done -- Let us be utopian for a moment so that when we get realistic again it is not that "realism" so useful to the Establishment in discouraging action. -Howard Zinn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] change case
On Tuesday 15 July 2003 09:09 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:35:15 -0500 > > Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At one time a long ways back someone posted, I think it was a small > > script file to change the case of file extensions, ie..MP3 to .mp3. > > Does anyone have that laying around? I've been googling and found a > > few, but none seem to work correctly. > > > > Thanks > > Chris > > Do you have a lot of different extensions you want to change? This can > give you an idea, changing *only* the extension to lowercase. Works with > files with spaces in the name, too. Test it first, then uncomment the mv > line. > > #/bin/bash > for i in *.MP3 > do > name=`echo $i |sed s/'.MP3'//` > ext=".mp3" > echo "$i : $name$ext" > # mv "$i" "$name$ext" > done > > > Todd Boy, the mail is really a mess, this came in after the message I just replied to. Maybe thats my problem. -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 9:55pm up 24 days, 4:09, 6 users, load average: 0.16, 0.79, 1.18 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] change case
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:35:15 -0500 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At one time a long ways back someone posted, I think it was a small > script file to change the case of file extensions, ie..MP3 to .mp3. > Does anyone have that laying around? I've been googling and found a > few, but none seem to work correctly. > > Thanks > Chris Or, to change *all* extensions to lowercase: (assuming you are in the directory you want to do this) #/bin/bash for i in * do name=`echo $i|cut -d '.' -f 1` ext=".`echo $i|cut -d '.' -f 2|tr [A-Z] [a-z]`" echo "$i : $name$ext" # mv "$i" "$name$ext" done Assuming that your filenames don't have '.' in the name other than to denote extension. Todd -- The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] change case
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:35:15 -0500 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At one time a long ways back someone posted, I think it was a small > script file to change the case of file extensions, ie..MP3 to .mp3. > Does anyone have that laying around? I've been googling and found a > few, but none seem to work correctly. > > Thanks > Chris Do you have a lot of different extensions you want to change? This can give you an idea, changing *only* the extension to lowercase. Works with files with spaces in the name, too. Test it first, then uncomment the mv line. #/bin/bash for i in *.MP3 do name=`echo $i |sed s/'.MP3'//` ext=".mp3" echo "$i : $name$ext" # mv "$i" "$name$ext" done Todd -- Reclaim the flag: http://www.pbs.org/now/commentary/moyers19.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] change case
Please disregard my last message, I was looking for chgcase when I should have been looking for chcase. Found it. Chris -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 8:59pm up 24 days, 3:13, 6 users, load average: 0.00, 0.08, 0.31 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] change case
At one time a long ways back someone posted, I think it was a small script file to change the case of file extensions, ie..MP3 to .mp3. Does anyone have that laying around? I've been googling and found a few, but none seem to work correctly. Thanks Chris -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 8:33pm up 24 days, 2:47, 6 users, load average: 1.32, 1.41, 0.90 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
