Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!uunet!pmafire!uudell!bigtex!texsun!convex!convex.COM From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: CHANGING file names - (small to CAPITOL) Keywords: small to CAPs Message-ID: <110800@convex.convex.com> Date: 12 Dec 90 14:16:56 GMT References: <10617@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> Sender: usenet@convex.com Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) Distribution: usa Organization: CONVEX Software Development, Richardson, TX Lines: 45 From: Tom Christiansen Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmers Subject: Re: CHANGING file names - (small to CAPITOL) Summary: References: <10617@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) Followup-To: Distribution: usa Organization: CONVEX Software Development, Richardson, TX Keywords: small to CAPs In article <10617@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> kyung@uhccux.UUCP (Kyung Lee) writes: : Hi everyone, since unix is case sensitive, I'm having some : problem with file names...small and CAPs. This is a feature. : Has anyone ever come up with a program that renames all the : files in a directory from small letter to CAPs?? That's not the way most people want it changed, you know. Who wants all those ugly capitals anyway? On the other hand, the poster was looking to changing to capitols. He might try: mv * /usa/washington-dc/ or some similar incantation. : Well, if there is anyone out there who did, drop me : an e-mail. Thanx. Sheesh, doesn't anyone read the Frequently Asked Questions list anymore??? There are also a bunch of big, ugly, grody C hacks in alt.sources on this right now, plus a small, elegant, generic perl solution as well. :-) Look around. --tom -- Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist "With a kernel dive, all things are possible, but it sure makes it hard to look at yourself in the mirror the next morning." -me