[ale] quick way to rename all files ?

[Gary MacKay]

Wow! Thanks! That worked like a charm! 

- Gary


Byron A Jeff wrote:
> 
> >
> > Is there a quick way to rename all files in a directory to lower case?
> > Same filename, just rip through and make sure they are all lowercase.
> 
> This should work for bash:
> ------------------------------------
> for i in * ; do
>    lc=$(echo $i|tr [A-Z] [a-z])
>    if [ $lc != $i ] ; then
>       if [ -f "$lc" ] ; then
>          echo "$lc already exists"
>       else
>          mv $i $lc
>       fi
>    fi
> done
> -----------------------------------
> 
> Just tested it. Seems to work.  Hope it helps,
> 
> BAJ
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