# The shell script for conversion of “lowercase letters” for AvP **URL:** \ **Category:** avp\ **Created:** [January 7, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/the-shell-script-for-conversion-of-lowercase-letters-for-avp/425 "2015-01-07T18:13:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![gbudny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@gbudny](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/gbudny)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/the-shell-script-for-conversion-of-lowercase-letters-for-avp/425/1 "2015-01-07T18:13:14Z")

Hi I remember that in the Linux version of AvP created by Daniel Langnas was a file [extract.sh](http://extract.sh): [https://www.assembla.com/code/avp\_mod/git/nodes/master/extract.sh](https://www.assembla.com/code/avp_mod/git/nodes/master/extract.sh) I think that one of the functions of this script was a conversion of all files and directories to be lowercase. Do you plan to add a similar script to a tar archive with AvP game? ---

**Author:** ![AnonymousHoser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@AnonymousHoser](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/AnonymousHoser)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/the-shell-script-for-conversion-of-lowercase-letters-for-avp/425/2 "2015-01-29T02:49:20Z")

The original readme recommended [http://www.primaledge.ca/chcase.html](http://www.primaledge.ca/chcase.html) Looks like this command would do the trick (make backups, just in case!): chcase -rd ---

**Author:** ![gbudny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@gbudny](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/gbudny)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/the-shell-script-for-conversion-of-lowercase-letters-for-avp/425/3 "2015-01-29T14:25:16Z")

**Author:** ![MajorLunaC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@MajorLunaC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/MajorLunaC)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/the-shell-script-for-conversion-of-lowercase-letters-for-avp/425/4 "2015-02-15T21:40:05Z")

Put the following line in a terminal open in the directory full of files you want lowercase, and it does the same thing (tr is a nifty program!): for i in \* ; do mv -n “$i” “$(echo “$i” | tr [:upper:] [:lower:])” ; done ---

**Author:** ![gbudny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@gbudny](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/gbudny)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/the-shell-script-for-conversion-of-lowercase-letters-for-avp/425/5 "2015-02-16T17:50:55Z")

Thanks. Unfortunately, this command works only with files placed in the current directory, and chase can be used with current directory and files located in subdirectories. ---

**Author:** ![MajorLunaC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@MajorLunaC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/MajorLunaC)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/the-shell-script-for-conversion-of-lowercase-letters-for-avp/425/6 "2015-02-17T02:08:13Z")

**Author:** ![gbudny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@gbudny](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/gbudny)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/the-shell-script-for-conversion-of-lowercase-letters-for-avp/425/7 "2015-02-17T20:04:26Z")

I will try it. I think that will be cool if after the compilation process I will see the question about the directory with the game. In this case, I can just type name of the directory. Later, the shell script will use this command or chase, and then copy the binary file AvP to the directory with the game.