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Old 04-09-2008
How to find files whose case is unknown
Hello experts,

can you kindly tell me how I can look for a file in unix whose name may contain upper or lowercase letters? E.g. If I know the file contains the name netcool but unsure if its NETCOOL or netcool?

Thanks Smilie
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Old 04-09-2008
one exampel:

Code:
find . | grep -i netcool

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Old 04-09-2008
Start with some like this:
Code:
find /path/to/search  -type f  -name "[Nn][Ee][Tt][Cc][Oo]*"

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Old 04-11-2008
Thanks.. that works!
 
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