Case Insensitive search from find command?

Question

I am not able to figure out how can I do case-insensitive search using the find command.

I tried

find . -name -i pattern

And it does not work.

score 126 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 02 '11 at 06:45

126

Use this:

find . -iname PatTeRn -print

edited Dec 02 '11 at 06:45

soandos

answered Apr 29 '11 at 20:56

Sandeep Singh

1. Providing the `-print` flag is redundant because if omitted, this is actually the default behavior. 2. TIL that the double quotes around the search term are optional. – rodey Mar 30 '20 at 15:07

score 44 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 30 '11 at 04:12

44

I believe it's: find . -iname pattern

From man find:

-iname pattern
       Like  -name, but the match is case insensitive.

edited Apr 30 '11 at 04:12

Wuffers

answered Apr 29 '11 at 21:00

karlphillip

score 10 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 17 '12 at 13:25

10

sudo updatedb

locate -i "nameofthefile"

nameofthefile should be without the inverted commas.

edited Oct 17 '12 at 13:25

Indrek

answered Oct 17 '12 at 13:05

Ransell

It is notable that this is the fastest method for system-wide searches. – rm-vanda Sep 02 '14 at 05:00

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