The best way that I have found is to use the following
VARIABLE=`echo $VARIABLE|dd conv=lcase 2/dev/null`
Do a man on dd to see the other useful goodies.
The 2/dev/null is optional, but does gives a cleaner output.
Regards
Enrico
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Bret Hughes wrote:
SoloCDM wrote:
What commands convert casing to upper, lower, and proper (proper: as
in Virginia)?
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What commands convert casing to upper, lower, and proper (proper: as
in Virginia)?
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SoloCDM wrote:
What commands convert casing to upper, lower, and proper (proper: as
in Virginia)?
Note: Detailed Document(s) and Sample(s) are more than welcome.
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On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 03:57:12PM -0500, Bret Hughes wrote:
SoloCDM wrote:
What commands convert casing to upper, lower, and proper (proper: as
in Virginia)?
tr will translate from on to the other. take a look at man tr. Also a
thread awhile back that mentioned this. some thing