Re: [OT] how to change the first character into upper case

[Dom <toyer@rpdom.net>]

On 21/02/12 15:48, lina wrote:
> Sorry a bit off-topic, but I am stuck with how to tr
> (googled some ways out, still not work)
>
> NELSON ARISPE, EDUARDO ROJAS, AND HARVEY B. POLLARD
>
> into
>
> Nelson Arispe, Eduardo Rojas, and Harvey B. Pollard
>
> Here is what I came up with so far:
>
>   echo "NELSON ARISPE, EDUARDO ROJAS, AND HARVEY B. POLLARD" | sed
> 's/\([A-Z]\)\([A-Z]+\)/\1\L\2/g'
>
> not work.
>
> Thanks with best regards,


First off, I'm no expert on sed, however the following seems to work

  echo "NELSON ARISPE, EDUARDO ROJAS, AND HARVEY B. POLLARD" | sed 
's/\([A-Z]\)\([A-Z]*[^A-Z]*\)/\1\L\2/g'

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Dom