1000+ Capitalized Directories

Xerxes1121 · 06-17-2009, 02:39 AM

Howdy there, I'm rather new to linux but I know how to get around inside the OS, and one of the things I have noticed is that Linux is very CaSe Sensitive, normally this is only a minor inconvenience but I came across a server addon for the BF1942 server that I run that has 1000+ capitalized directories and files, but the server only reads lowercase. It would be impossible to decap them all manually and my searches here and elsewhere led me only to a PHP script at http://webscripts.softpedia.com/scri...ile-39210.html The script works, sort of, but it wont decap files in child directories, or decap directories at all, it only decaps files. I'm sure somebody has come across this problem before and there has got to be a solution other than this single PHP script that only half works. I hope to hear from somebody soon

Xerxes1121 · 06-17-2009, 03:06 AM

Well now I feel stupid, only 10 min after making this post I found the answers I needed here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...rcase-on-linux

Code:

root_directory="${1?-please specify parent directory}"
do_it () {
    awk '{ lc= tolower($0); if (lc != $0) print "mv \""  $0 "\" \"" lc "\"" }' | sh
}
# first the folders
find "$root_directory" -depth -type d | do_it
find "$root_directory" ! -type d | do_it

Load that into a text editor of your choice and save it as uncap.sh then open up a terminal and navigate to the directory you saved it in. Type "bash uncap.sh [directory to be uncapped]" It's as simple as that. I hope this helps anybody else with the same problems