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From: ewoods@hemel.bull.co.uk (Eoin Woods)
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Subject: Re: Convert 'a' to 'A' in a Shell-Script
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Date: 30 Jan 91 17:29:52 GMT
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koe@kivax.UUCP (Diana Koehler) writes:

>How can I convert "lowercase" characters in "uppercase" characters
>in a Shell-Script.
>f.e. convert all 'a' to 'A' ?
>(awk, sed ??)

Try tr(1), for example :

abc='Hello'
def=`echo $abc | tr [a-z][A-Z]`
echo $def

Will produce :

HELLO

Eoin.
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