On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Tony van der Hoff <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21/02/12 15:48, lina wrote: >> >> Sorry a bit off-topic, but I am stuck with how to tr >> (googled some ways out, still not work) >> >> NELSON ARISPE, EDUARDO ROJAS, AND HARVEY B. POLLARD >> >> into >> >> Nelson Arispe, Eduardo Rojas, and Harvey B. Pollard >> >> Here is what I came up with so far: >> >> echo "NELSON ARISPE, EDUARDO ROJAS, AND HARVEY B. POLLARD" | sed >> 's/\([A-Z]\)\([A-Z]+\)/\1\L\2/g' >> >> not work. >> >> Thanks with best regards, >> >> > Coursework, Lina? You were nearly there :)
Ha ... not coursework. > > The "+" form for one or more characters is not supported by sed. This works > : > sed 's/\([A-Z]\)\([A-Z]*\)/\1\L\2/g' > > You can sort out the problem with AND for yourself! Thanks Tony, Best regards, > > -- > Tony van der Hoff | mailto:[email protected] > Buckinghamshire, England | > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cag9cjmmrncomphhvgwzrg8tcdaaawavyrytw-zxxxfbsqzk...@mail.gmail.com
