> I'm using Debian .96 and have a need to change all the files in a > directory from uppercase to lowercase (ftp'ed from DOS). Is there a > quick method or command to do this? If you are using bash as a shell, or you switch into bash, you can use the following: for i in *;do mv $i `echo $i|tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`;done Jim -- Jim Robinson <jimr@simons-rock.edu> - http://www.simons-rock.edu/~jimr/ Simon's Rock College.