Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 18:51:15 -0500 From: Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> To: Tom Parquette <tparquet@twcny.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shell script question Message-ID: <20000825235115.77D01137@woodstock.monkey.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Aug 2000 17:25:23 EDT." <39A6E442.31FAE22E@twcny.rr.com>
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In message <39A6E442.31FAE22E@twcny.rr.com>, Tom Parquette wrote: } I just started to play with shell scripts because I got tired of running } upstairs to see if some long running 'thing' was done. } } My first attempt, which I got working, automates the custom kernel } build. } One problem: } I have to enter the kernel name twice, once lower case and the other } upper case. } } I do not have any books on shell scrips so please excuse the sans-RTFM } question. } } Is there something that will uppercase a variable? Possibly putting the } value in another variable? Sure, nothing to it: VAR=yourvar UPPERVAR=$(echo $VAR | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]) Shell scripting is fairly easy, it's learning the other tools that are available (that you call from inside shell scripts) that takes a lot of perserverance. -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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