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Capitalize first letter of each word in a string

Terminal - Capitalize first letter of each word in a string
read -ra words <<< "<sentence>" && echo "${words[@]^}"
2011-09-10 02:46:42
User: RanyAlbeg
Functions: echo read
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Capitalize first letter of each word in a string

I find it useless but definitely simpler than #9230

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Terminal - Alternatives
command <<< word
2012-02-29 03:14:54
User: claudelepoisson
Functions: command
Tags: bash stdin
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This is how you should push a string in a command's stdin.

Don't do this:

echo word | command

Using a bash "here strings" and "here documents" look leeter than piping echo into the command. Also prevents subshell execution. Word is also expanded as usual.

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echo 'fOo BaR' | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | sed 's/\(^\| \)\([a-z]\)/\1\u\2/g'
2011-09-09 21:40:31
User: caiosba
Functions: echo sed tr
Tags: sed tr capitalize
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Capitalize first letter of each word in a string

Capitalize first letter of each word in a string.

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ruby -ne 'puts $_.split.collect(&:capitalize).join(" ")' <<< "pleAse cOuld YOu capiTalizE Me"
2011-09-15 01:04:43
User: Quiryaki
Tags: ruby, bash ruby capitalize
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Capitalize first letter of each word in a string - A ruby alternative

"-n" loops around ; "-e" executes the given quoted string ; "$_" is the current line ; "split" creates an array on white space; each item of the array is "collected" to be then "capitalized" ; the array is "joined" back into a string.

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echo 'fOo BaR' | ruby -e "p STDIN.gets.split.map(&:capitalize).join(' ')"
2011-09-10 06:22:02
User: ekehat
Functions: echo
Tags: ruby capitalize
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Capitalize first letter of each word in a string

Ruby ftw

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sh: Syntax error: redirection unexpected

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Comment by Mozai 92 weeks ago

9230 and 9232 make the first letter of each word capital AND the subsequent letters lower case. Your alternative leaves the subsequent letters capital. In other words theirs converts 'fOo baR' to 'Foo Bar' and yours converts to 'FOo BaR'.

Comment by splante 91 weeks and 4 days ago

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