Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 22:20:16 -0500 From: Bob Martin <bob@buckhorn.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Shell script question Message-ID: <39A73770.467288E@buckhorn.net> References: <39A6E442.31FAE22E@twcny.rr.com>
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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
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