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jim mcnamara · Nov 30th, 2006, 2:21 PM

On a POSIX-compliant unix, tr supports POSIX classes -- those [:upper:] things.

echo "enter a word \c"
read aword
aword=`echo "$aword" | tr -s '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'`

Nov 30th, 2006, 2:21 PM	#3
jim mcnamara Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 228 Rep Power: 4	On a POSIX-compliant unix, tr supports POSIX classes -- those [:upper:] things. (Toggle Plain Text) echo "enter a word \c" read aword aword=`echo "$aword" \| tr -s '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'` echo "enter a word \c" read aword aword=`echo "$aword" \| tr -s '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'`