Convert directory name from upper to lower case

How to convert dirnames from upper to lower case on linux:

for each in `ls -d *`; do newname=`echo $each | tr [A-Z] [a-z]`; mv $each $newname; done

Adapted from http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/3799-uppercase-lowercase.html#post12536

date: 17.10.2009 tags: [linux] category: Linux