Script to rename all filenames in a directory to use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

Its probably simple, but would take me a week Ie: Make: 2009-4_5_WaDAq_a.Dn.23.f INTO: 2009-4_5_WADAQ_ADN.23.F --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

Re: Script to rename all filenames in a directory to use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

$ ls -l total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-07 13:23 2009-4_5_WaDAq_a.Dn.23.f for file in `ls`; do mv -v $file `echo $file| tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'`; done `2009-4_5_WaDAq_a.Dn.23.f' - `2009-4_5_WADAQ_A.DN.23.F' -Charles wayne wrote: Its probably simple, but would take me a week

Re: Script to rename all filenames in a directory to use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

SWEET - THANK YOU! Charles Jones wrote: $ ls -l total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-07 13:23 2009-4_5_WaDAq_a.Dn.23.f for file in `ls`; do mv -v $file `echo $file| tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'`; done `2009-4_5_WaDAq_a.Dn.23.f' - `2009-4_5_WADAQ_A.DN.23.F' -Charles wayne wrote:

Re: Script to rename all filenames in a directory to use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

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Re: Script to rename all filenames in a directory to use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

nice. I was just putzing with python to solve. :) Charles Jones wrote: $ ls -l total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-07 13:23 2009-4_5_WaDAq_a.Dn.23.f for file in `ls`; do mv -v $file `echo $file| tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'`; done `2009-4_5_WaDAq_a.Dn.23.f' -

Re: Script to rename all filenames in a directory to use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

This is how I was doing it before I saw the one liner snip #!/usr/local/bin/python # ren_to_upper.py import os for fname in os.listdir(os.getcwd()): newfname = fname.upper() os.rename(fname, newfname) /snip --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

MODIFIED Script to rename all filenames in a directory to use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, EXCEPT whaterever is after the .

Ie: Make: 2009-4_5_WaDAq_a.Dn.23.farp INTO: 2009-4_5_WADAQ_ADN.23.farp --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

Re: Script to rename all filenames in a directory to use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 13:15 -0700, wayne wrote: Its probably simple, but would take me a week Ie: Make: 2009-4_5_WaDAq_a.Dn.23.f INTO: 2009-4_5_WADAQ_ADN.23.F rename 'y/a-z/A-Z/' * --Ted PS - you can put any regular expression in there if you want something more complex.