diff --git a/asterix-tools/scripts/bash/trim.sh b/asterix-tools/scripts/bash/trim.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b0453d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-tools/scripts/bash/trim.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+while read line; do
+    echo $line
+done
diff --git a/asterix-tools/scripts/bash/upcase.sh b/asterix-tools/scripts/bash/upcase.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1562771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-tools/scripts/bash/upcase.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+while read line; do
+    for i in $line; do U=`echo -n "${i:0:1}" | tr "[:lower:]" "[:upper:]"`; echo -n "${U}${i:1} "; done
+    echo ""
+done