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Case Insensitive search

Hey , i am trying to do a search for the certain books , and im trying to make it case insensitive. what i have come up with so far is this :

Code:

Database.txt
RETARDED MONKEY:RACHEAL ABRAHAML:30:30:20
GOLD:FATIN:23.20:12:3
STUPID:JERLYN:20:40:3

Code:

echo -n "Title: "
read Title
echo -n "Author:"
read Author
echo ""
 
valuecheck=`grep -i "$Title" Database.txt | grep -i "$Author"  | awk -F":" '{ print $1}'`
echo $valuecheck
if [ $Title = $valuecheck ] ; then

echo "HOHOHO"
else 
echo "too bad"

fi

the issue which i am having is that, when it does the search for the correct row to be inputted into valuecheck , it will input the value as written in the database, which is in Uppercase.

For this case, if i type in stupid for $Title and jerlyn for $Author, it searches the correct row, but the awk will print "STUPID" into the variable as that is what is written in the database.

so how can i make my if statement case insensitive? currently it reads like this
i

Code:

f [ $Title = $valuecheck ] ; then

which means

if [stupid = STUPID ] ; then

how can i make it case insensitive to allow it to display "HOHOHO"

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