Fw: Re: case-insensitive filename comparisons

[Jim McNamara]

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> Hi Rich-
> 
> I just use AI for this kind of thing these days.
> Just make a quick workaround script.
> 
> Like this.
> 
> grep -r 'Beeping' testdir/ | awk -F: '/\.txt$/ {print}'
> 
> thanks,
> jim
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> On Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 at 9:13 AM, Rich Draves via Cygwin cygwin@cygwin.com wrote:
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> > I often use grep -r --include. But it has a really annoying problem - the comparison of the filename is case-sensitive. The -i option seems to apply only to the regex not the filename matching.
> > 
> > For example, I have many files named virtualenvironment.ini. But unfortunately, sometimes it is virtualEnvironment.ini, VirtualEnvironment.ini, etc.
> > 
> > Grep -r --include=virtualenvironment.ini skips the latter files. As a work-around, I use --include="[Vv]irtual[Ee]nvironment.ini" but this is cumbersome and not a complete solution.
> > 
> > Because Windows is case-insensitive/case-preserving, I think the Cygwin filename matching should also be case-insensitive. Am I missing something here?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Rich
> > 
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