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Questions tagged [case-sensitivity]

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Mac - Convert from Case-Sensitive to Case-Insensitive File System

So I just got my first Mac. After getting everything set up just the way I wanted it I decided to install Steam. When I opened Steam it said something about not supporting case-sensitive file systems... I did some googling and found that Steam won't…
knpwrs
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Case-insensitive partition under Linux

Is there a way to format and use a partition under Linux which is case-insensitive? I know of vfat, but was hoping I could find some alternatives. Any suggestions?
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Make a folder access case-insensitive on Linux ext4

I'm trying to run a mod for a game on Linux and this mod reads files from a texture folder in a case insensitive manner (the mod runs on Windows as well). I was wondering if there was a way to expose this folder to the game in a case insensitive…
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Why is 'grep -i' so slow? How to do it faster for ASCII?

Consider: $ time lzop -d < tvtropes-index.lzo | egrep -B 5 '[Dd][eE][sS][cC][eE][nN][dD] ?[Ff][rR][oO][mM]' real 0m0.438s $ time lzop -d < tvtropes-index.lzo | egrep -B 5 'descend ?from' -i real 0m11.294s Both search case insensitively. Why…
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Are gnome shortcut keys case-sensitive?

I've noticed some inconsistency in case sensitivity of gnome shortcuts and am looking for some help and clarification... From what I can tell, shortcuts are case-sensitive but must be assigned (using the settings GUI) with the upper case version…
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Why would bash refuse to be case-insensitive?

I am working on a server where I seem to be unable to set bash to be case insensitive. I have the shell set to, set completion-ignore-case on But this does not seem to be working. I am working over ssh with tmux. The version of bash is, GNU bash,…
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How can I replace GPT with `jee pee tee` and not `JEE PEE TEE` in MS Word?

I have a Microsoft Word document containing: This document provides an overview of the GPT-3+ technology. The Word document contains a few more occurrences of GPT. I'd like to replace GPT with jee pee tee (reason). I tried: but it replaces GPT…
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Rename Windows Install Location?

I'm trying to install Matrix SPM software on one of our standard Optiplex desktops for an end user, and I get an error during install "Microsoft Windows must be installed in "C:\WINDOWS". Installation aborted." I checked our image (Win10 Enterprise…
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