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Bash script to titlecase chapter titles in UPPERCASE
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for filename in chapter-*.xhtml; do | |
new12=$(sed -n '12p' "$filename" | cut -b 8- | se titlecase -n) | |
sed -i -e '12s#^\(.*<p>\).*#'"\1$new12"'#g' "$filename" | |
## Uncomment next line to echo new title line to terminal for checking | |
# sed -n '12p' "$filename" | |
done |
This doesn't change case: it takes the filename, truncates the extension, saves that string as variable, and does a search/replace
with sed
. E.g., for short story file: make the id="..."
to id=~~
to make delimiting search easier:
ls | while read filename; do
full="${filename}"
id="${full%.*}"
sed -i "s/~~/$id/g" ${filename}
done;
(The dquo
deliimiters with sed
are required for variable replacement in bash
.)
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Also, with titles on separate lines of a text file, this will work:
Sample line from
titles.txt
=input:
A Title Of A Story
| output:A Title of a Story
HT: Superuser