Case Insensitive search from find command?

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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.

soandos · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-02 06:45:38Z

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Use this:

find . -iname PatTeRn -print

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answered Apr 29, 2011 at 20:56

Sandeep Singh

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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.
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Wuffers · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-30 04:12:01Z

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I believe it's: find . -iname pattern

From man find:

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

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answered Apr 29, 2011 at 21:00

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Indrek · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 13:25:50Z

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sudo updatedb

locate -i "nameofthefile"

nameofthefile should be without the inverted commas.

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answered Oct 17, 2012 at 13:05

Ransell

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It is notable that this is the fastest method for system-wide searches.
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Sep 2, 2014 at 5:00

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