Capitalize every file in a directory, in bash, using 'svn mv'

Question

I need to change the capitalization of a set of files in a subversion working copy, like so:

svn mv test.txt Test.txt
svn mv test2.txt Test2.txt
svn mv testn.txt Testn.txt
...
svn commit -m "caps"

How can I automate this process? Standard linux install tools available.

Answer 1

ls | awk '{system("svn mv " $0 " " toupper(substr($0,1,1)) substr($0,2))}'

obviously, other scripting languages will work just as well. awk has the advantage that it it ubiquitous.

Answer 2

If you have a decent install you should have python, give this a try:

#!/usr/bin/python
from os import rename, listdir
path = "/path/to/folder"
try:
    dirList = listdir(path)
except:
    print 'There was an error while trying to access the directory: '+path
for name in dirList:
    try:
        rename(path+'\\'+name, path+'\\'+name.upper())
    except:
        print 'Process failed for file: '+name