Uppercase a Bash input variable

[Jeremy Fowler]

Ah, damn. I thought I was being clever. Well, in that case Gerald's date
solution would probably be your best option.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of James Sissel
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:57 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: RE: Uppercase a Bash input variable
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> Standard Oracle dates here are (example today) 02-APR-2003.  I needed the
> month to always be uppercase.  Otherwise there are 96 different ways to
> "spell" the months.  Coding a case statement for that, although not
> impossible, wouldn't be fun.  :)
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Fowler [mailto:jfowler at westrope.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:36 PM
> To: Gene Dascher; Kclug at Kclug. Org
> Subject: RE: Uppercase a Bash input variable
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> Those aren't numbers. They're numerals.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
> > [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Gene Dascher
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:38 PM
> > To: kclug at kclug.org
> > Subject: RE: Uppercase a Bash input variable
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> >
> > Au contraire:
> > i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x
> > ;)
> >
> > Gene
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
> > > [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Jeremy Fowler
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 1:38 PM
> > > To: James Sissel; kclug at kclug.org
> > > Subject: RE: Uppercase a Bash input variable
> > >
> > >
> > > um... There is no such thing as lower case numbers.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
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> > > > [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of James Sissel
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:19 PM
> > > > To: kclug at kclug.org
> > > > Subject: Uppercase a Bash input variable
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Using RedHat 7.3 and Bash 2.05a I can write the following script.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > echo -n "Please enter a date (DD-MON-YYYY): "
> > > > read indate
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > How can I make sure indate is in uppercase?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
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