Well the question says it all, I have seen both
find -name
and
find -iname
used all over the place without a discernible pattern.
Could somebody explain the differences, perhaps with an example to clarify?
asked Sep 21, 2015 at 0:58
1 Answer
From the GNU find manual page:
-iname pattern
Like -name, but the match is case insensitive. For example, the
patterns `fo*' and `F??' match the file names `Foo', `FOO',
`foo', `fOo', etc.
answered Sep 21, 2015 at 1:07
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3Many tools (and most regular expression interpreters) have case-insensitive options. Unix/Linux are not hostile to case, they just acknowledge that there is a difference between upper and lower case.cas– cas2015-09-21 02:29:20 +00:00Commented Sep 21, 2015 at 2:29
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-inameis not part of the standard, but it is supported by various find implementations. So -iname is available in many but not in all cases.schily– schily2015-09-21 11:08:16 +00:00Commented Sep 21, 2015 at 11:08
man findand read the manual. (Or as I would do, googlefind flagsand then use search to find the flag in question)