[ale] quick way to rename all files ?

Byron A Jeff byron at cc.gatech.edu
Mon Aug 27 00:07:00 EDT 2001


> 
> Wow! Thanks! That worked like a charm! 

Glad you liked it.

BAJ
> 
> - 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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