From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23698 invoked by alias); 23 Feb 2011 11:55:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 15816 Received: (qmail 18636 invoked from network); 23 Feb 2011 11:54:55 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at m.gmane.org designates 80.91.229.12 as permitted sender) X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-users@zsh.org From: zzapper Subject: Variable substitution Title Case Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:39:30 +0000 (UTC) Organization: SuccessTheory Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl78-143-228-30.in-addr.fast.co.uk User-Agent: Xnews/2006.08.24 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 110223-0, 23/02/2011), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Hi url='www.some.com/some_string_here' want to extract and convert to' Some String Here' anchortext=${url##*/} # echo just the trailing directory anchortext=${anchortext//_/ } # substitute every _ with a space anchortext=${anchortext//-/ } # substitute every - with a space anchortext=${(L)anchortext} # lower case been messing around with anchortext=$anchortext:gs/// but dont know if uses regexp memory?? but how can I do titlecase? -- zzapper http://zzapper.co.uk/ Technical Tips