LDP/LDP/guide/docbook/abs-guide/lowercase.sh

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#!/bin/bash
#
# Changes every filename in working directory to all lowercase.
#
# Inspired by a script of John Dubois,
#+ which was translated into Bash by Chet Ramey,
#+ and considerably simplified by the author of the ABS Guide.
for filename in * # Traverse all files in directory.
do
fname=`basename $filename`
n=`echo $fname | tr A-Z a-z` # Change name to lowercase.
if [ "$fname" != "$n" ] # Rename only files not already lowercase.
then
mv $fname $n
fi
done
exit $?
# Code below this line will not execute because of "exit".
#--------------------------------------------------------#
# To run it, delete script above line.
# The above script will not work on filenames containing blanks or newlines.
# Stephane Chazelas therefore suggests the following alternative:
for filename in * # Not necessary to use basename,
# since "*" won't return any file containing "/".
do n=`echo "$filename/" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
# POSIX char set notation.
# Slash added so that trailing newlines are not
# removed by command substitution.
# Variable substitution:
n=${n%/} # Removes trailing slash, added above, from filename.
[[ $filename == $n ]] || mv "$filename" "$n"
# Checks if filename already lowercase.
done
exit $?