From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 25 20:20:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from matrix.buckhorn.net (matrix.buckhorn.net [63.151.7.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AD1637B423 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 20:20:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buckhorn.net (nebula.buckhorn.net [63.151.7.242]) by matrix.buckhorn.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA23098 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 22:16:42 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob@buckhorn.net) Message-ID: <39A73770.467288E@buckhorn.net> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 22:20:16 -0500 From: Bob Martin Organization: InterNet Unlimited X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Shell script question References: <39A6E442.31FAE22E@twcny.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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? > > Cheers... > > P.S. If anybody knows of a "FreeBSD shell scripts for Dummies" can you > point me at it? Thanks... The man page for your shell of choice will go a long way to help, the real trick is to learn the ins and outs of all of the commands at your disposal. Bob -- As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. -- Albert Einstein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message