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Tr

tr(1) is a character translation tool.

Contents

  1. Tr
    1. Installation
    2. Usage
    3. Tips
    4. See also

Installation

tr(1) will be pre-installed on any Linux or BSD operating system, as a POSIX utility.

Usage

To force text to all-lowercase, try: 

echo "Hello world" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'

Reverse the arguments to force to all-uppercase.

Tips

If you are trying to force a file to all-lowercase (or all-uppercase) and are already using vim, consider just saying in the editor and using ggVGu (or ggVGU).

See also

tr(1)

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