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From: eli@panda.uucp (Eli Taub/100000)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Selective translation
Summary: echo 'g/^[ 	]*\<[^ 	]*\>/s//\L&/' | ex - foo
Keywords: vi,ex
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Date: 11 Jul 90 19:50:15 GMT
References: <1553@dfsun1.electro.swri.edu>
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In article <1553@dfsun1.electro.swri.edu> jackson@dfsun1.electro.swri.edu (Keith Jackson) writes:
>I was trying to filter a file by making the first word lowercase and
>leaving the rest as is.
>
> Stuff deleted ....
>
>== jackson@dfsun1.electro.swri.edu     ##  UN*X - live free or die  ##
>Disclaimer: All views represented here are made by a person who doesn't plan ah

Try ex as a filter (weird !):

echo 'g/^[ 	]*\<[^ 	]*\>/s//\L&/' | ex - foo

* The `[ 	]' is typed: `[' `SPACE' `TAB' `]'

If the lines don't start with space or tab it could be much simpler.


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