Re: Stupid unix

[<aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu>(Alex Yukhimets)]

> Please excuse this lame non Debian specific question.  Is there a simple
> way to change all filenames in a directory so they are lowercase?  I would
> like to change all the *.cpp and *.h files in a project directory to be
> lowercase letters only.  I know this seems like a lame task but it would
> simplify working on some of my source at home on Linux.  I use Windoesn't
> 4.0 at work which retains name case but doesn't use it.

In csh/tcsh:

foreach file (*.h *.cpp)
  mv $file `echo $file | tr A-Z a-z`
end

In sh/bash:

for file in *.h *.cpp ; do
 mv $file `echo $file | tr A-Z a-z`
done

And please don't call UNIX stupid, OK?


Alex Y.
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