From 7bde5dbfebe69a98ac4ff4b2bd6bb4a55338e289 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Dilks <c-dilks@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:08:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: run-clara doesn't work on macos

fixes #1079
---
 bin/run-clara | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/run-clara b/bin/run-clara
index 23368264cf..798ffd6544 100755
--- a/bin/run-clara
+++ b/bin/run-clara
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jlab.logging.SplitLogManag
 if $java_quiet; then
   JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Djava.util.logging.config.file=$CLAS12DIR/etc/logging/logging.properties"
 else
-  case ${java_log_level^^} in
+  java_log_level_upcase=$(echo $java_log_level | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
+  case ${java_log_level_upcase} in
     SEVERE|WARNING|INFO|CONFIG|FINE|FINER|FINEST|ALL|OFF)
-      JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -D.level=${java_log_level^^}"
+      JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -D.level=${java_log_level_upcase}"
       ;;
     *)
       error "unknown Java log level '$java_log_level'"