[MLUG] RE: case sensitivity in 'ls' command

["Spurling, Shannon" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

It's not a hack, it's an option! ;-)

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Subject: RE: case sensitivity in 'ls' command

Mike, 

    Actually the wildcard expansion in Unix is done by the shell, not by
the individual utilities.  So you will need to hack bash to get case
insensitive expansion.

Cayle Graumann
Programmer/Analyst
Campus Facilities Systems Development
University of Missouri - Columbia

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Subject: RE: [MLUG] case sensitivity in 'ls' command
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Pottinger, Hardy J. wrote:

> Well, you know, as you've demonstrated with your pipe fitting, ls
isn't 
> the only tool in your bag. Try find, or even locate, if your DB is 
> current. Both have case insensitive flags.


Those are good suggestions, but they give me even more reason to believe

ls with case insensitivity is something that people would use, and it 
would not be all that hard to make ls insensitive.  Insensitivity is 
implemented in 'locate', therefore, people must have wanted it.

Maybe the problem is that ls already has -i and -I options!  We need a 
different letter and we're almost out of letters.

Mike


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