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Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 18:46:41 +0200
From: Benjamin Riefenstahl <Benjamin.Riefenstahl@ision.net>
Organization: Crocodial Communications EntwicklungsGmbH
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Subject: Re: How to learn exact spelling of directories and files: /temp vs. /
		TEMP etc.
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Hi Steve,


Tolkin, Steve wrote:
> So now it become VERY important for me to determine the actual spelling of
> the name, i.e. which letters if any are capitalized.  How can I do that?
> Neither ls nor \w in the PS1 prompt tells me that!
> They both just use the same capitalization I provided in the command!

You probably want shopt -s nocaseglob (have a look in the bash man
pages).


so long, benny
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Benjamin Riefenstahl (Benjamin.Riefenstahl@ision.net)
ISION Internet AG
Ruhrstr. 61, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany

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