Making all filenames lower case

[Bradmont2]

This is what I have so far:


for i in *; do new=${i//[A-Z]/[a-z]} ; mv "$i" $new; done



(if you cant tell, I'm very new to bash scripting ;) )

All the correct characters are replaced, but what they're replaced with you can see is wrong... can anybody tell me what I should do?

Thanx.

[Ben Briggs]

I don't know if you want the job done, or to practice your bash, but if you want the job done... nocaps.py (http://briggs.250x.com/python/nocaps.py).

I you are practicing bash... sorry I can't help :(

[Bradmont2]

Hrrrms.. I was sorta practicing my bash, but thanks anyway. If nobody can help me fix the bit I've got now, I'll use yours :)

[jemfinch]

Consider just learning python instead of bash. It'll be more cross-platform (you can use it in windows too,) it'll be more ubiquitous (more *nices have python than bash) and it's a far better language for real programming.

Jeremy

[Bradmont2]

Hrrms... the python script didn't work :(

[jemfinch]

Whoa...if only all bug reports were that descriptive. :rolleyes:

What didn't work about it?

Jeremy

[Bradmont2]

Heh, sorry... It did print all the filenames as they were, and then again in lower case, but it didn't rename any of the files.

But anyway, I figured out a way to do it (it's too ugly to mention here, tho...)

[jemfinch]

I just ran the code myself, and it works for me. What was your workaround?

Jeremy