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

[Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org>]

On 21/02/12 16:38, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> 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,
> Coursework, Lina? You were nearly there :)
>
> The "+" form for one or more characters is not supported by sed. This
> works :
> sed 's/\([A-Z]\)\([A-Z]*\)/\1\L\2/g'
>
> You can sort out the problem with AND for yourself!

Hmm, actually, this is better:
sed 's/\([A-Z]\)\([A-Z]\{1,\}\)/\1\L\2/g'
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