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set text to lowercase...

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flavioweb (TechnicalUser)
3 Aug 12 0:56
...but in one line after a ; and if ; is not first line char. for example:
LDA COLORS ; DO A COLOR
how to set "DO A COLOR" to lowercase?
feherke (Programmer)
3 Aug 12 2:16
Hi

CODE

awk -F ';' -vOFS=';' '$2{$2=tolower($2)}1' /input/file

Feherke.
http://feherke.github.com/

flavioweb (TechnicalUser)
3 Aug 12 4:00
thanks.
i can test it later...
just one thing, because i want to be sure, if there is a text after ; as first line char, this text is converted to lowercase?
because i need to avoid this.
just convert if ; isn't first line char.
thanks again :)
feherke (Programmer)
3 Aug 12 4:03
Hi

Post sample input and desired output.

Feherke.
http://feherke.github.com/

PHV (MIS)
3 Aug 12 4:52
I'd try this:

CODE

awk -F ';' -vOFS=';' '$2 && substr($0,1,1)!=";"{$2=tolower($2)}1' /input/file

Hope This Helps, PH.
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flavioweb (TechnicalUser)
3 Aug 12 7:02

CODE

awk -F ';' -vOFS=';' '$2 && substr($0,1,1)!=";"{$2=tolower($2)}1' /input/file
This one worked as well.

Thanks a lot !
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