How to ignore case in directory paths?
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I’m new to Linux/Ubuntu. To my knowledge it’s not possible to make file or folder with only difference in case e.g. I can’t create the files Text.ini and text.ini (well you can but it will not work, it gives you an error), so why does the terminal care about case when you write path to something e.g. cd folder/folder but if the second folder starts with capital F then command doesn’t work?
In Windows it doesn’t matter with capital letters or not it works, so is there any way for the terminal to ignore case if the names are correct?
command-line case-insensitive
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I’m new to Linux/Ubuntu. To my knowledge it’s not possible to make file or folder with only difference in case e.g. I can’t create the files Text.ini and text.ini (well you can but it will not work, it gives you an error), so why does the terminal care about case when you write path to something e.g. cd folder/folder but if the second folder starts with capital F then command doesn’t work?
In Windows it doesn’t matter with capital letters or not it works, so is there any way for the terminal to ignore case if the names are correct?
command-line case-insensitive
edited Apr 2 at 17:50
dessert
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asked Apr 2 at 16:42
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This is the difference between Windows and Ubuntu (any Linux). Ubuntu file and folder names are case sensitive. That isText.iniandtext.iniare indeed two different files.
– user68186
Apr 2 at 16:47
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In Unices you can very well do e.g.touch Text.ini text.ini, this will create these files and not throw any error because file (and directory) names are case-sensitive. To my knowledge there’s no easy way to change that behaviour. Are you asking for a way for just thebashshell to ignore case in filenames?
– dessert
Apr 2 at 16:47
See askubuntu.com/questions/590364/changing-directory
– user68186
Apr 2 at 16:50
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I’m new to Linux/Ubuntu. To my knowledge it’s not possible to make file or folder with only difference in case e.g. I can’t create the files Text.ini and text.ini (well you can but it will not work, it gives you an error), so why does the terminal care about case when you write path to something e.g. cd folder/folder but if the second folder starts with capital F then command doesn’t work?
In Windows it doesn’t matter with capital letters or not it works, so is there any way for the terminal to ignore case if the names are correct?
command-line case-insensitive
edited Apr 2 at 17:50
dessert
25.7k674108
asked Apr 2 at 16:42
ForisForis
31
I’m new to Linux/Ubuntu. To my knowledge it’s not possible to make file or folder with only difference in case e.g. I can’t create the files Text.ini and text.ini (well you can but it will not work, it gives you an error), so why does the terminal care about case when you write path to something e.g. cd folder/folder but if the second folder starts with capital F then command doesn’t work?
In Windows it doesn’t matter with capital letters or not it works, so is there any way for the terminal to ignore case if the names are correct?
command-line case-insensitive
command-line case-insensitive
edited Apr 2 at 17:50
dessert
25.7k674108
asked Apr 2 at 16:42
ForisForis
31
edited Apr 2 at 17:50
dessert
25.7k674108
asked Apr 2 at 16:42
ForisForis
31
edited Apr 2 at 17:50
dessert
25.7k674108
edited Apr 2 at 17:50
dessert
25.7k674108
edited Apr 2 at 17:50
dessert
25.7k674108
25.7k674108
asked Apr 2 at 16:42
ForisForis
31
asked Apr 2 at 16:42
ForisForis
31
asked Apr 2 at 16:42
ForisForis
31
31
2
This is the difference between Windows and Ubuntu (any Linux). Ubuntu file and folder names are case sensitive. That isText.iniandtext.iniare indeed two different files.
– user68186
Apr 2 at 16:47
2
In Unices you can very well do e.g.touch Text.ini text.ini, this will create these files and not throw any error because file (and directory) names are case-sensitive. To my knowledge there’s no easy way to change that behaviour. Are you asking for a way for just thebashshell to ignore case in filenames?
– dessert
Apr 2 at 16:47
See askubuntu.com/questions/590364/changing-directory
– user68186
Apr 2 at 16:50
add a comment |
2
This is the difference between Windows and Ubuntu (any Linux). Ubuntu file and folder names are case sensitive. That isText.iniandtext.iniare indeed two different files.
– user68186
Apr 2 at 16:47
2
In Unices you can very well do e.g.touch Text.ini text.ini, this will create these files and not throw any error because file (and directory) names are case-sensitive. To my knowledge there’s no easy way to change that behaviour. Are you asking for a way for just thebashshell to ignore case in filenames?
– dessert
Apr 2 at 16:47
See askubuntu.com/questions/590364/changing-directory
– user68186
Apr 2 at 16:50
2
2
This is the difference between Windows and Ubuntu (any Linux). Ubuntu file and folder names are case sensitive. That is
Text.ini and text.ini are indeed two different files.– user68186
Apr 2 at 16:47
This is the difference between Windows and Ubuntu (any Linux). Ubuntu file and folder names are case sensitive. That is
Text.ini and text.ini are indeed two different files.– user68186
Apr 2 at 16:47
2
2
In Unices you can very well do e.g.
touch Text.ini text.ini, this will create these files and not throw any error because file (and directory) names are case-sensitive. To my knowledge there’s no easy way to change that behaviour. Are you asking for a way for just the bash shell to ignore case in filenames?– dessert
Apr 2 at 16:47
In Unices you can very well do e.g.
touch Text.ini text.ini, this will create these files and not throw any error because file (and directory) names are case-sensitive. To my knowledge there’s no easy way to change that behaviour. Are you asking for a way for just the bash shell to ignore case in filenames?– dessert
Apr 2 at 16:47
See askubuntu.com/questions/590364/changing-directory
– user68186
Apr 2 at 16:50
See askubuntu.com/questions/590364/changing-directory
– user68186
Apr 2 at 16:50
add a comment |
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It's possible to make the terminal autocomplete behave in a case-insensitive manner which gets close to what you are most likely looking for. Add the line
set completion-ignore-case on
to /etc/inputrc and start a new terminal. After that,
cd foldTab/foldTabwill get you to the correct directory even if the second
folder is in reality Folder. You'll see the autocompletion change the directory name on the fly accordingly.edited Apr 2 at 19:40
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It's possible to make the terminal autocomplete behave in a case-insensitive manner which gets close to what you are most likely looking for. Add the line
set completion-ignore-case on
to /etc/inputrc and start a new terminal. After that,
cd foldTab/foldTabwill get you to the correct directory even if the second
folder is in reality Folder. You'll see the autocompletion change the directory name on the fly accordingly.edited Apr 2 at 19:40
dessert
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answered Apr 2 at 18:07
Teemu ToivolaTeemu Toivola
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It's possible to make the terminal autocomplete behave in a case-insensitive manner which gets close to what you are most likely looking for. Add the line
set completion-ignore-case on
to /etc/inputrc and start a new terminal. After that,
cd foldTab/foldTabwill get you to the correct directory even if the second
folder is in reality Folder. You'll see the autocompletion change the directory name on the fly accordingly.edited Apr 2 at 19:40
dessert
25.7k674108
answered Apr 2 at 18:07
Teemu ToivolaTeemu Toivola
46435
add a comment |
It's possible to make the terminal autocomplete behave in a case-insensitive manner which gets close to what you are most likely looking for. Add the line
set completion-ignore-case on
to /etc/inputrc and start a new terminal. After that,
cd foldTab/foldTabwill get you to the correct directory even if the second
folder is in reality Folder. You'll see the autocompletion change the directory name on the fly accordingly.edited Apr 2 at 19:40
dessert
25.7k674108
answered Apr 2 at 18:07
Teemu ToivolaTeemu Toivola
46435
It's possible to make the terminal autocomplete behave in a case-insensitive manner which gets close to what you are most likely looking for. Add the line
set completion-ignore-case on
to /etc/inputrc and start a new terminal. After that,
cd foldTab/foldTabwill get you to the correct directory even if the second
folder is in reality Folder. You'll see the autocompletion change the directory name on the fly accordingly.edited Apr 2 at 19:40
dessert
25.7k674108
answered Apr 2 at 18:07
Teemu ToivolaTeemu Toivola
46435
edited Apr 2 at 19:40
dessert
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dessert
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dessert
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Teemu ToivolaTeemu Toivola
46435
answered Apr 2 at 18:07
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This is the difference between Windows and Ubuntu (any Linux). Ubuntu file and folder names are case sensitive. That is
Text.iniandtext.iniare indeed two different files.– user68186
Apr 2 at 16:47
2
In Unices you can very well do e.g.
touch Text.ini text.ini, this will create these files and not throw any error because file (and directory) names are case-sensitive. To my knowledge there’s no easy way to change that behaviour. Are you asking for a way for just thebashshell to ignore case in filenames?– dessert
Apr 2 at 16:47
See askubuntu.com/questions/590364/changing-directory
– user68186
Apr 2 at 16:50