Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 00:52:03 -0500 From: Nick Slager <zith@zith.net> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: find case-insensitive challenge Message-ID: <20020919005203.A14870@zith.net> In-Reply-To: <20020919013548.H83658-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 01:38:32AM -0400 References: <20020919013548.H83658-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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Thus spake Peter Leftwich (Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com):
> But there were two issues -- I had to escape the semicolon with a "\" --
> does this ever cause problems for find command lines? Second, this found
No, its a requirement to ensure the shell ignores the character.
> only *.jpg files and left behind *.JPG files so how do you make find be
> case-insensitive? -exec ThankYouScript.sh {} \;
Use -iname instead of -name.
Regards,
Nick
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