perl -pi -e '$_=capitalise($_)' persons/*/name #### update persons set name = CAPITALISE(name); #### > cd software > ls glibc.rpm DBI.rpm DBI.tgz DBD::mysql.rpm DBD::mysql.tgz author=/ format=/ language=/ ... > ls format= rpm/ tgz/ ... > ls format=/rpm glibc.rpm DBI.rpm DBD::mysql.rpm language=/ author=/ ... > ls format=/rpm/language=/perl DBI.rpm DBD::mysql.rpm ... > ls language=/perl DBI.rpm DBI.tgz DBD::mysql.rpm DBD::mysql.tgz ... > ls language=/perl/format=/rpm DBI.rpm DBD::mysql.rpm ...