find files where text case is different

schipper · #1 (**permalink**) 04-14-2006

I need to search a directory for files that have certain text in the file name. I use the following command to do that successfully -

find /abc/indicator -name '*midday*.ind'

The problem is some file names are lower case, some mixed case and some upper case. Is there a way to do the find so case doesn't matter?

Also, I need perform some processing if I find files with certain text, otherwise I do other processing. Does the find command return a value that I can use for conditional processing?

Thanks for any help!

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 04-14-2006

Code:

find /abc/indicator -print | grep  -i  '.*midday.*\.ind'

The -i tells grep to ignore case, the regex is grep's version of your wildcard match for files.

jim mcnamara · #3 (**permalink**) 04-14-2006

As to your second question - what is it you're looking for? Give examples.

schipper · #4 (**permalink**) 04-25-2006

I need to perform something like the following

if there is a file with midday in the name
perform the following commands
else
perform these commands
end if

Using the following command - find /home/m088267 -print | grep -i '.*midday.*\.ind' to check for certain files, how do I code the if statement to know what processing to do?

Thanks for the help!

vino · #5 (**permalink**) 04-25-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by schipper

find /home/m088267 -print | grep -i '.*midday.*\.ind'

Wouldnt this find help ?

Code:

find /home/m088267 -iname "*midday*.ind"

thestevew · #6 (**permalink**) 04-26-2006

-iname looks like a useful find expression, but it's missing from AIX

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