Write a C program named toupper.c that reads the contents of a file, and writes to another file after changing all lowercase letters in the input file to uppercase.   The name of the input file and the output file are to be passed as  command line arguments. Assume there are only ASCII characters in the input file. The length of the input file is not known beforehand. So make sure your program keeps reading bytes until EOF is reached. Use the library function toupper to concert letters into uppercase.   Example: The program is run from the command line as follows; C:\>toupper.exe infile.txt outfile.txt Suppose the contents of the input file infile.txt is: AbcdefG The contents of the output file outfile.txt should be: ABCDEFG

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Write a C program named toupper.c that reads the contents of a file, and writes to another file after changing all lowercase letters in the input file to uppercase.

 

  • The name of the input file and the output file are to be passed as  command line arguments.
  • Assume there are only ASCII characters in the input file.
  • The length of the input file is not known beforehand. So make sure your program keeps reading bytes until EOF is reached.
  • Use the library function toupper to concert letters into uppercase.

 

Example:

The program is run from the command line as follows;

C:\>toupper.exe infile.txt outfile.txt

Suppose the contents of the input file infile.txt is:

AbcdefG

The contents of the output file outfile.txt should be:

ABCDEFG

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