Re: Converting filenames to lowercase

From: chris dewbery (chris.dewbery_at_millentech.com)
Date: 10/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:22:35 +1300

Mark Hobley wrote:
> I am using the Almquist Shell (sh).
>
> How can I convert a batch of mixed case filenames to lowercase ?
>
> In the olden days, we used to ftp localhost, and use the ftp name mangling to
> provide the case conversion. (Now that is just plain horrible, but we needed
> a two minute solution.) Hey .. samba has an equally horrible solution.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark.
>
echo "FiLENAMe" | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]

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