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Is there a case-insensitve search command in linux, preferably CLI based? As I read and learn about linux, sometimes files are mentioned that might exist in a number of different directories. If I was trying to find XF86Config, for example, it would be nice if I could just search on xf86* or xf86*.*
LS and FIND both appear to be case-sensitive. Any hope for the lazy?
Ahhh.... Many thanks on the locate command, which I had not yet seen. That's exactly what I'm looking for, and the little grounbreaking type of things that allows one to learn faster. I can't tell you how frustrating it has been reading an article that says to edit file X, but I can't find that file.
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