Recase is a shell command to change the case of a filename. It has two major
purposes:
1. To rename a file with a different letter case; for example, if you wanted
to change the name of a file "newname" to "NewName", rather than needing:
>> Rename newname NewName
you can simply type:
>> Recase NewName
You may specify multiple filenames on the command line as well.
2. To change filenames to all upper or lower case letters. For example, I
download files from MS-DOS machines that are 8.3 filenames in all capital
letters, and after I download them, I convert them all to small letters
with:
>> Recase MAIN:Downloads/#?.zip LOWER
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Template: FILE/M,UPPER/S,LOWER/S
FILE/M:
Recase may operate on multiple names or patterns. Any standard AmigaDOS
pattern will be accepted, but if you wish to recase a filename to a mixed
case, you need to specify entire filenames. Patterns are only useful with
the UPPER and LOWER keywords.
UPPER/S:
Convert the filename to all uppercase. You may specify any AmigaDOS patterns
for this operation. If you have Workbench 2.1 or above, this will respect
international characters. (*)
LOWER/S:
Convert the filename to all lowercase. You may specify any AmigaDOS patterns
for this operation. If you have Workbench 2.1 or above, this will respect
international characters. (*)
(*) Of course, you are unlikely to encounter international characters in
filenames that originated under MS-DOS!
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Examples/Usage:
Here are some examples of how to use Recase.
>> dir
thesefilenames _areeasiertoread
Not really! So let's fix it...
>> Recase TheseFileNames _AreEasierToRead
>> dir
TheseFileNames _AreEasierToRead
>> dir MAIN:Downloads
GM3208.JPG GM3209.JPG
GM3211.GIF GM3212.GIF
GM3219.GIF GM3224.GIF
Not how I like it, so I'll fix it...
>> Recase MAIN:Downloads/#? LOWER
>> dir
gm3208.jpg gm3209.jpg
gm3211.gif gm3212.gif
gm3219.gif gm3224.gif
Let's pretend we use MS-DOS (don't try this please!):
>> Recase C:#? LIBS:#? UPPER
>> dir LIBS:
AMIGAGUIDE.LIBRARY ASL.LIBRARY
BGUI.LIBRARY BULLET.LIBRARY
COMMODITIES.LIBRARY DATATYPES.LIBRARY
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Details:
The CTRL-C or CTRL-E signals can be used to stop the program at any time.
AmigaDOS standard patterns are accepted, and a standard template can be
displayed. The program is 100% compliant with recommended program guidelines
and will run under any Os from 2.0 to 3.1 and beyond.
It is not possible to recase the contents of a directory by simply specifying
the directory name; this is not something I overlooked. This is because you
may recase a directory name. If you want to recase the contents of an entire
directory, use "DirName/#?". This will not be recursive. If you use Recase
with a directory utility like Opus, you can configure it to be recursive.
When recasing large directories to upper or lowercase (by specifying a pattern),
you will notice that Recase caches the all the filenames for a pattern first,
without displying anything, and then changes all the names. This is not faster,
actually, it is slower. However, it is necessary, because if Recase attempts
to rename the files in one pass (as it is going through the directories), the
pattern matching may pick up the renamed filename as a new file, and can get
stuck in a loop. By caching all the names before any modifications are made,
Recase can avoid this problem.
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Liability/Warranty:
This program has a money-back guarantee. It should never cause any problems
for you, since it can only rename files with a new case. It cannot move or
delete files, give them a different name, or write to your hard drive.
However, if it ever ticks you off, send me a note, and I'll send back all
the money you paid me... ;-)
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Author:
I, Ian J. Einman, hereby claim this program and all of the rocks that may be
hurled at me for writing it.
Send bug reports and criticisms to:
Mortimer Snerd
1 Micro Way
Redmond, WA 98101 USA
Send money, postcards, good suggestions, and pictures of your sister to:
Ian J. Einman
P.O. Box 5711
Bellingham, WA 98227 USA
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Copyright:
©1996 Ian J. Einman
I don't make a habit of releasing copyright-free software... this software
is NOT Public Domain, it is Freeware.
Therefore, you may distribute this program anywhere you like, as long as
it includes this "readme" file.
You may not legally modify or add to this archive any any way, EXCEPT for
translations of the "readme" file to other languages. You may only remove
the English "readme" file if the translation to the other language is
COMPLETE. I would appreciate copies of any translations, but do not require
them.
If you include this file on a magazine coverdisk, I would like a copy please.
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