lowercase(1) lowercase(1)
NAME
lowercase - rename files to all lowercase filenames
SYNOPSIS
lowercase [-h(elp)] [-q(uiet)] [-x(tension_only)] [-X(tensions_only)]
[-v(erbose)[ file...
DESCRIPTION
lowercase renames files to all lowercase filenames. If a filespec con-
taining path information is send to lowercase, only the filename por-
tion itself will be renamed.
OPTIONS
-h Print help and quit.
-q Be quiet. Suppress the usual messages that describe file
renames that actually occur.
-v Be verbose. Generate messages for file renames that are skipped
because the name does not change.
-x Change the case of the main file extension only. This yields
different results from the -X option only when a file has multi-
ple extensions, e.g. ".Tar.Lz". Files that begin with "."
(e.g. ".bashrc") will not be renamed.
-X Change the case of all file extensions. This yields different
results from the -x option only when a file has multiple exten-
sions, like ".Tar.Lz". Files that begin with "." (like
".bashrc") will be renamed.
EXAMPLES
lowercase is quite simple to use, as shown in the examples below:
lowercase FOObar_A.JPG fooBAR_B.png
lowercase -x Source.Tar.Lz
lowercase -X Source.Tar.Lz
However, if you're trying to rename an entire directory hierarchy,
including the directories, the best way to handle it is probably as
follows:
find . -depth -mindepth 1 -type d -print0 | xargs -0 lowercase
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 lowercase
BUGS
Symbolic links are not well handled by lowercase. For example, suppose
you have a file called "FOObar" and a symbolic link called "BARfoo"
pointing to it. If you rename both of them using lowercase, the sym-
link will become broken, as it will still point to "FOObar".
SEE ALSO
convmv(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2005-2020 by Brian Lindholm. This program is free soft-
ware; you can use it, redistribute it, and/or modify it under the terms
of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER-
CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
Public License for more details.
littleutils 2020 Oct 19 lowercase(1)
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