Comments on: Bash shell script to convert string from lower to upper case and vice versa http://techpulp.com/2008/12/bash-shell-script-to-convert-string-from-lower-to-upper-case-and-vice-versa/ The pulp of technology Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:43:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Neo http://techpulp.com/2008/12/bash-shell-script-to-convert-string-from-lower-to-upper-case-and-vice-versa/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Neo Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:00:34 +0000 http://techpulp.com/?p=328#comment-417 Nope. The example given in the article assumes the function to be placed in a bash script. But you are trying to fit all three lines in a single line. So you need a semi-colon. See the following example: [neo@techpulp ~]# toUpper() { echo $1 | tr “[:lower:]” “[:upper:]” } > bash: syntax error: unexpected end of file [neo@techpulp ~]# toUpper() { echo $1 | tr “[:lower:]” “[:upper:]”; } [neo@techpulp ~]# You can see in the first command where a semi-colon is not given, the bash is still expecting some input so I had to press Ctrl+D to get out. But in the second command where a semi-colon is given, bash is expecting no more input. Nope. The example given in the article assumes the function to be placed in a bash script. But you are trying to fit all three lines in a single line. So you need a semi-colon.

See the following example:

[neo@techpulp ~]# toUpper() { echo $1 | tr “[:lower:]” “[:upper:]” }
> bash: syntax error: unexpected end of file
[neo@techpulp ~]# toUpper() { echo $1 | tr “[:lower:]” “[:upper:]”; }
[neo@techpulp ~]#

You can see in the first command where a semi-colon is not given, the bash is still expecting some input so I had to press Ctrl+D to get out.

But in the second command where a semi-colon is given, bash is expecting no more input.

]]> By: Dmitri Arkhipov http://techpulp.com/2008/12/bash-shell-script-to-convert-string-from-lower-to-upper-case-and-vice-versa/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Dmitri Arkhipov Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:30:39 +0000 http://techpulp.com/?p=328#comment-416 Maybe it's because I'm using cygwin, but I had to do: toUpper() { echo $1 | tr "[:lower:]" "[:upper:]" ; } Note the semicolon... Maybe it’s because I’m using cygwin, but I had to do:
toUpper() { echo $1 | tr “[:lower:]” “[:upper:]” ; }

Note the semicolon…

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