Convert filenames to uppercase

SlowCoder · 02-10-2008, 06:32 PM

I would like to recursively convert a series of files and directories within a specified directory to uppercase. What would be the best way to do this?

Tinkster · 02-10-2008, 08:34 PM

Why on earth would one want to? It's the other way round!

And that said:
scripting :}

Pseudocode:

Code:

use find to determine max-depth of directory levels.
for depth in `seq 1  maxdepth`
  for i in `find -type d -maxdepth depth -mindepth maxdepth  ` do
    new=(echo $i | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]')
    mv i new
  done
  for i in `find -type f -maxdepth maxdepth -mindepth maxdepth ` do
    new=(echo $i | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]')
    mv i new
  done
endloop

Cheers,
Tink

SlowCoder · 02-11-2008, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster

Why on earth would one want to? It's the other way round!

I'm compiling a bunch of old DOSBox apps/games. When I am finished I want to convert everything to uppercase, just for authenticity's sake.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster

And that said:
scripting :}

Pseudocode:

Code:

use find to determine max-depth of directory levels.
for depth in `seq 1  maxdepth`
  for i in `find -type d -maxdepth depth -mindepth maxdepth  ` do
    new=(echo $i | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]')
    mv i new
  done
  for i in `find -type f -maxdepth maxdepth -mindepth maxdepth ` do
    new=(echo $i | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]')
    mv i new
  done
endloop

Cheers,
Tink

Thank you. I'll give it a shot.