Convert a char to upper case using regular expressions (EditPad Pro)

I wrote a regular expression in hope that I will be able to replace every match (that is just one char) to upper case char. I am using EditPad Pro (however I am willing to use any other tool that would allow me to do this, as long as it is free to try, since I only need to do this once).

Background: I have a very long text file used by a case sensitive application, and some words start with lower case instead of upper case char, thus crashing the application. This would take very long to do by hand, and it would be quite complicated to do without regular expressions because the occurrence of the (evil) lower case char is very specific.

I have written the select regular expression and now I can use it with a backreference ($1 works just fine) however I can't make it replace with upper case char. I thought something like \u$1 would work, however it doesn't in EditPad Pro.

If no free tool allows me to do this, I guess the alternative would be to just do it in C# however I am in a bit of a hurry and not near a compiler, so I'd have to download the express edition first, so ... It would be preferable to find a tool that supports such a feature!

Thank you!

TextPad will allow you to perform this operation.

example:

test this sentence

Find what: \([^ ]*\) \(.*\) Replace with: \U\1\E \2

the \U will cause all following chars to be upper

the \E will turn off the \U

the result will be:

TEST this sentence

I know this thread is about EditPad Pro, but I came here because I had the same need with a javascript regexp.

For the people who are here needing the same tip, you can use a function or lambda as the replace argument.

I use the function below to convert css names with - to the javascript equivalent, for example, "border-top" will be transformed into "borderTop":

    s = s.replace(/\-[a-z]/g, x => x[1].toUpperCase());

EditPad Pro and PowerGREP have a unique feature that allows you to change the case of the backreference. \U1 inserts the first backreference in uppercase, \L1 in lowercase and \F1 with the first character in uppercase and the remainder in lowercase. Finally, \I1 inserts it with the first letter of each word capitalized, and the other letters in lowercase.

Source: Goyvaerts, Jan (2006). Regular Expressions: The Complete Tutorial. Lulu.com. p. 35. ISBN 1411677609. Google Books. Retrieved on June 25, 2010.

You can do this in jEdit, by using the "Return value of a BeanShell snippet" option in jEdit's find and replace dialog. Just search for " [a-z]" and replace it by " _0.toUpperCase()" (without quotes)

You can also capitalize the first letter of the match using \I1 and \I2 etc instead of $1 and $2.