[Malvern] One for the Perl-mongers.

[Angus Clarke]

Yeah, just read Richard's email, the following ammendments should get 
around spacing issues:

#! /bin/bash

IFS=$'\n'

DIR=/dir/to/files   # Change this!

cd ${DIR}
for FILE in `ls`
do
 NEWNAME=`echo "${FILE}" | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]`
 echo "Renaming ${FILE} to ${NEWNAME}"
 mv "${FILE}" "${NEWNAME}"
done

Setting IFS at the start changes the default Input Field Seperator
I have also put double quotes around the filename variables, so that 
whitespace is read as part of the filename

Angus Clarke wrote:
> I havent tried it but a little script like this should work:
>
> <-- snip
> #! /bin/bash
>
> DIR=/dir/to/files   # Change this!
>
> cd ${DIR}
> for FILE in `ls`
> do
>  NEWNAME=`echo ${FILE} | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]`
>  echo "Renaming ${FILE} to ${NEWNAME}"
>  mv ${FILE} ${NEWNAME}
> done
> <-- snip
>
> Regards
> Angus
>
> Geoff Bagley wrote:
>>
>> I have a number of .jpeg file ( photographs etc.),  and would like to 
>> convert the file names
>> of the whole lot to lower case.
>>
>> Currently some are both .jpg and .JPG,  and both  img_ and  IMG_   
>> and the same files are
>> stored more than once.   The files all come from various sources who 
>> use differing standards.
>>
>> Storing very large files (like photos) is very wastful of space.
>>
>> A quick steer to the correct page of the (RT)FM would be appreciated.
>>
>> Geoff.
>>
>>
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