Is grep documentation wrong?





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The man page for grep reads



  -i, --ignore-case                                                        
Ignore case distinctions in both the PATTERN and the input
files. (-i is specified by POSIX.)


However, if I change case on a filename, it won't work.



$ touch WHATEVER
$ grep -i pattern whatever
grep: whatever: No such file or directory


Am I missing something?










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  • @steeldriver I actually tried in several systems (all Linux). I'm using grep (GNU grep) 2.16. How can I get the information about the man page?

    – grep
    1 hour ago











  • No, you're not missing anything. It's not supposed to work -- grep cannot ignore case differences in the filenames passed as arguments (what should it do? try all possible filenames combination when open(2)ing a file? Whatever, wHaTevER, etc? ;-)). I let the other find a rationalization for that confusing doc snippet.

    – mosvy
    1 hour ago













  • @drewbenn Did you really? Or are you trying to find arguments to support that it is correct? This is a genuine question, I'm not trying to start a fight. And I have an additional question. If it is as you say, what would it mean to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents of the file? What functionality would this be and how would it differ from how it works?

    – grep
    1 hour ago











  • FWIW, the standard says only this about -i: "Perform pattern matching in searches without regard to case"

    – mosvy
    1 hour ago






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    @grep It DOES ignore case in the contents of the file as well as the pattern. It doesn't ignore case in the name of the file.

    – Nasir Riley
    1 hour ago


















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The man page for grep reads



  -i, --ignore-case                                                        
Ignore case distinctions in both the PATTERN and the input
files. (-i is specified by POSIX.)


However, if I change case on a filename, it won't work.



$ touch WHATEVER
$ grep -i pattern whatever
grep: whatever: No such file or directory


Am I missing something?










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  • @steeldriver I actually tried in several systems (all Linux). I'm using grep (GNU grep) 2.16. How can I get the information about the man page?

    – grep
    1 hour ago











  • No, you're not missing anything. It's not supposed to work -- grep cannot ignore case differences in the filenames passed as arguments (what should it do? try all possible filenames combination when open(2)ing a file? Whatever, wHaTevER, etc? ;-)). I let the other find a rationalization for that confusing doc snippet.

    – mosvy
    1 hour ago













  • @drewbenn Did you really? Or are you trying to find arguments to support that it is correct? This is a genuine question, I'm not trying to start a fight. And I have an additional question. If it is as you say, what would it mean to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents of the file? What functionality would this be and how would it differ from how it works?

    – grep
    1 hour ago











  • FWIW, the standard says only this about -i: "Perform pattern matching in searches without regard to case"

    – mosvy
    1 hour ago






  • 2





    @grep It DOES ignore case in the contents of the file as well as the pattern. It doesn't ignore case in the name of the file.

    – Nasir Riley
    1 hour ago














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The man page for grep reads



  -i, --ignore-case                                                        
Ignore case distinctions in both the PATTERN and the input
files. (-i is specified by POSIX.)


However, if I change case on a filename, it won't work.



$ touch WHATEVER
$ grep -i pattern whatever
grep: whatever: No such file or directory


Am I missing something?










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The man page for grep reads



  -i, --ignore-case                                                        
Ignore case distinctions in both the PATTERN and the input
files. (-i is specified by POSIX.)


However, if I change case on a filename, it won't work.



$ touch WHATEVER
$ grep -i pattern whatever
grep: whatever: No such file or directory


Am I missing something?







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  • @steeldriver I actually tried in several systems (all Linux). I'm using grep (GNU grep) 2.16. How can I get the information about the man page?

    – grep
    1 hour ago











  • No, you're not missing anything. It's not supposed to work -- grep cannot ignore case differences in the filenames passed as arguments (what should it do? try all possible filenames combination when open(2)ing a file? Whatever, wHaTevER, etc? ;-)). I let the other find a rationalization for that confusing doc snippet.

    – mosvy
    1 hour ago













  • @drewbenn Did you really? Or are you trying to find arguments to support that it is correct? This is a genuine question, I'm not trying to start a fight. And I have an additional question. If it is as you say, what would it mean to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents of the file? What functionality would this be and how would it differ from how it works?

    – grep
    1 hour ago











  • FWIW, the standard says only this about -i: "Perform pattern matching in searches without regard to case"

    – mosvy
    1 hour ago






  • 2





    @grep It DOES ignore case in the contents of the file as well as the pattern. It doesn't ignore case in the name of the file.

    – Nasir Riley
    1 hour ago



















  • @steeldriver I actually tried in several systems (all Linux). I'm using grep (GNU grep) 2.16. How can I get the information about the man page?

    – grep
    1 hour ago











  • No, you're not missing anything. It's not supposed to work -- grep cannot ignore case differences in the filenames passed as arguments (what should it do? try all possible filenames combination when open(2)ing a file? Whatever, wHaTevER, etc? ;-)). I let the other find a rationalization for that confusing doc snippet.

    – mosvy
    1 hour ago













  • @drewbenn Did you really? Or are you trying to find arguments to support that it is correct? This is a genuine question, I'm not trying to start a fight. And I have an additional question. If it is as you say, what would it mean to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents of the file? What functionality would this be and how would it differ from how it works?

    – grep
    1 hour ago











  • FWIW, the standard says only this about -i: "Perform pattern matching in searches without regard to case"

    – mosvy
    1 hour ago






  • 2





    @grep It DOES ignore case in the contents of the file as well as the pattern. It doesn't ignore case in the name of the file.

    – Nasir Riley
    1 hour ago

















@steeldriver I actually tried in several systems (all Linux). I'm using grep (GNU grep) 2.16. How can I get the information about the man page?

– grep
1 hour ago





@steeldriver I actually tried in several systems (all Linux). I'm using grep (GNU grep) 2.16. How can I get the information about the man page?

– grep
1 hour ago













No, you're not missing anything. It's not supposed to work -- grep cannot ignore case differences in the filenames passed as arguments (what should it do? try all possible filenames combination when open(2)ing a file? Whatever, wHaTevER, etc? ;-)). I let the other find a rationalization for that confusing doc snippet.

– mosvy
1 hour ago







No, you're not missing anything. It's not supposed to work -- grep cannot ignore case differences in the filenames passed as arguments (what should it do? try all possible filenames combination when open(2)ing a file? Whatever, wHaTevER, etc? ;-)). I let the other find a rationalization for that confusing doc snippet.

– mosvy
1 hour ago















@drewbenn Did you really? Or are you trying to find arguments to support that it is correct? This is a genuine question, I'm not trying to start a fight. And I have an additional question. If it is as you say, what would it mean to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents of the file? What functionality would this be and how would it differ from how it works?

– grep
1 hour ago





@drewbenn Did you really? Or are you trying to find arguments to support that it is correct? This is a genuine question, I'm not trying to start a fight. And I have an additional question. If it is as you say, what would it mean to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents of the file? What functionality would this be and how would it differ from how it works?

– grep
1 hour ago













FWIW, the standard says only this about -i: "Perform pattern matching in searches without regard to case"

– mosvy
1 hour ago





FWIW, the standard says only this about -i: "Perform pattern matching in searches without regard to case"

– mosvy
1 hour ago




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@grep It DOES ignore case in the contents of the file as well as the pattern. It doesn't ignore case in the name of the file.

– Nasir Riley
1 hour ago





@grep It DOES ignore case in the contents of the file as well as the pattern. It doesn't ignore case in the name of the file.

– Nasir Riley
1 hour ago










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That confusing snippet was changed in newer versions of GNU grep to:




-i, -ignore-case
Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in case match each other.




See this commit: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=e1ca01be48cb64e5eaa6b5b29910e7eea1719f91



 .BR -i ", " -^-ignore-case
-Ignore case distinctions in both the
-.I PATTERN
-and the input files.
+Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in case
+match each other.





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  • Do you mind opening that link in private mode finding that part of the doc? I just went through all ten occurrences of "ignore" and couldn't find that bit.

    – grep
    58 mins ago











  • sorry for the mixup

    – mosvy
    39 mins ago



















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"It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern",
this suggests (although it doesn't necessarily say it),
that it is possible to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents. 
I'd like to understand how this would work
(ignoring pattern, but not contents -- or the other way around).




Well, for example, it could be written
so that a pattern of “hello” would match “Hello” in the file,
but not vice versa. 
While this sounds hypothetical, it is the way spell-check works. 
If your dictionary contains “stack” and “exchange”,
and your document contains “Stack Exchange”,
spell-check will succeed without error. 
But if your dictionary contains “Unix” and your document contains “unix”,
that will be flagged as an error.






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    Apparently I have a different manpage.



       -i, --ignore-case
    Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in
    case match each other.


    In any case, it's not about the filenames.



    It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern.



    Test file:



    ___________
    Hello World
    ^^^^^^^^^^^


    Grep results (ignore case of file contents):



    $ grep hello test.txt 

    $ grep Hello test.txt
    Hello World
    $ grep -i HELLO test.txt
    Hello World
    $ grep -i hello test.txt
    Hello World


    Grep results (ignore case of pattern):



    $ grep [a-Z] test.txt 
    grep: Invalid range end
    $ grep -i [a-Z] test.txt
    Hello World
    $ grep -i [A-z] test.txt
    Hello World
    $ grep [A-z] test.txt
    ___________
    Hello World
    ^^^^^^^^^^^


    As you can see the results can sometimes be a little unexpected.



    Not sure if there is an example where this actually matters more.






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      "It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern", this suggests (although it doesn't necessarily say it), that it is possible to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents. I'd like to understand how this would work (ignoring pattern, but not contents -- or the other way around).

      – grep
      1 hour ago








    • 1





      In less, for example, there's a -i mode in which matching is case-insensitive if you only use lowercase letters in the pattern, but if there are any uppercase letters in the pattern, the whole thing is case-sensitive. That's like (sometimes) ignoring case in the contents but not the pattern.

      – Wumpus Q. Wumbley
      1 hour ago












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    That confusing snippet was changed in newer versions of GNU grep to:




    -i, -ignore-case
    Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in case match each other.




    See this commit: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=e1ca01be48cb64e5eaa6b5b29910e7eea1719f91



     .BR -i ", " -^-ignore-case
    -Ignore case distinctions in both the
    -.I PATTERN
    -and the input files.
    +Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in case
    +match each other.





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    • Do you mind opening that link in private mode finding that part of the doc? I just went through all ten occurrences of "ignore" and couldn't find that bit.

      – grep
      58 mins ago











    • sorry for the mixup

      – mosvy
      39 mins ago
















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    That confusing snippet was changed in newer versions of GNU grep to:




    -i, -ignore-case
    Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in case match each other.




    See this commit: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=e1ca01be48cb64e5eaa6b5b29910e7eea1719f91



     .BR -i ", " -^-ignore-case
    -Ignore case distinctions in both the
    -.I PATTERN
    -and the input files.
    +Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in case
    +match each other.





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    • Do you mind opening that link in private mode finding that part of the doc? I just went through all ten occurrences of "ignore" and couldn't find that bit.

      – grep
      58 mins ago











    • sorry for the mixup

      – mosvy
      39 mins ago














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    That confusing snippet was changed in newer versions of GNU grep to:




    -i, -ignore-case
    Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in case match each other.




    See this commit: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=e1ca01be48cb64e5eaa6b5b29910e7eea1719f91



     .BR -i ", " -^-ignore-case
    -Ignore case distinctions in both the
    -.I PATTERN
    -and the input files.
    +Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in case
    +match each other.





    share|improve this answer















    That confusing snippet was changed in newer versions of GNU grep to:




    -i, -ignore-case
    Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in case match each other.




    See this commit: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=e1ca01be48cb64e5eaa6b5b29910e7eea1719f91



     .BR -i ", " -^-ignore-case
    -Ignore case distinctions in both the
    -.I PATTERN
    -and the input files.
    +Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in case
    +match each other.






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    • Do you mind opening that link in private mode finding that part of the doc? I just went through all ten occurrences of "ignore" and couldn't find that bit.

      – grep
      58 mins ago











    • sorry for the mixup

      – mosvy
      39 mins ago



















    • Do you mind opening that link in private mode finding that part of the doc? I just went through all ten occurrences of "ignore" and couldn't find that bit.

      – grep
      58 mins ago











    • sorry for the mixup

      – mosvy
      39 mins ago

















    Do you mind opening that link in private mode finding that part of the doc? I just went through all ten occurrences of "ignore" and couldn't find that bit.

    – grep
    58 mins ago





    Do you mind opening that link in private mode finding that part of the doc? I just went through all ten occurrences of "ignore" and couldn't find that bit.

    – grep
    58 mins ago













    sorry for the mixup

    – mosvy
    39 mins ago





    sorry for the mixup

    – mosvy
    39 mins ago













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    "It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern",
    this suggests (although it doesn't necessarily say it),
    that it is possible to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents. 
    I'd like to understand how this would work
    (ignoring pattern, but not contents -- or the other way around).




    Well, for example, it could be written
    so that a pattern of “hello” would match “Hello” in the file,
    but not vice versa. 
    While this sounds hypothetical, it is the way spell-check works. 
    If your dictionary contains “stack” and “exchange”,
    and your document contains “Stack Exchange”,
    spell-check will succeed without error. 
    But if your dictionary contains “Unix” and your document contains “unix”,
    that will be flagged as an error.






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      "It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern",
      this suggests (although it doesn't necessarily say it),
      that it is possible to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents. 
      I'd like to understand how this would work
      (ignoring pattern, but not contents -- or the other way around).




      Well, for example, it could be written
      so that a pattern of “hello” would match “Hello” in the file,
      but not vice versa. 
      While this sounds hypothetical, it is the way spell-check works. 
      If your dictionary contains “stack” and “exchange”,
      and your document contains “Stack Exchange”,
      spell-check will succeed without error. 
      But if your dictionary contains “Unix” and your document contains “unix”,
      that will be flagged as an error.






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        "It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern",
        this suggests (although it doesn't necessarily say it),
        that it is possible to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents. 
        I'd like to understand how this would work
        (ignoring pattern, but not contents -- or the other way around).




        Well, for example, it could be written
        so that a pattern of “hello” would match “Hello” in the file,
        but not vice versa. 
        While this sounds hypothetical, it is the way spell-check works. 
        If your dictionary contains “stack” and “exchange”,
        and your document contains “Stack Exchange”,
        spell-check will succeed without error. 
        But if your dictionary contains “Unix” and your document contains “unix”,
        that will be flagged as an error.






        share|improve this answer














        "It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern",
        this suggests (although it doesn't necessarily say it),
        that it is possible to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents. 
        I'd like to understand how this would work
        (ignoring pattern, but not contents -- or the other way around).




        Well, for example, it could be written
        so that a pattern of “hello” would match “Hello” in the file,
        but not vice versa. 
        While this sounds hypothetical, it is the way spell-check works. 
        If your dictionary contains “stack” and “exchange”,
        and your document contains “Stack Exchange”,
        spell-check will succeed without error. 
        But if your dictionary contains “Unix” and your document contains “unix”,
        that will be flagged as an error.







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            Apparently I have a different manpage.



               -i, --ignore-case
            Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in
            case match each other.


            In any case, it's not about the filenames.



            It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern.



            Test file:



            ___________
            Hello World
            ^^^^^^^^^^^


            Grep results (ignore case of file contents):



            $ grep hello test.txt 

            $ grep Hello test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep -i HELLO test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep -i hello test.txt
            Hello World


            Grep results (ignore case of pattern):



            $ grep [a-Z] test.txt 
            grep: Invalid range end
            $ grep -i [a-Z] test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep -i [A-z] test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep [A-z] test.txt
            ___________
            Hello World
            ^^^^^^^^^^^


            As you can see the results can sometimes be a little unexpected.



            Not sure if there is an example where this actually matters more.






            share|improve this answer



















            • 1





              "It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern", this suggests (although it doesn't necessarily say it), that it is possible to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents. I'd like to understand how this would work (ignoring pattern, but not contents -- or the other way around).

              – grep
              1 hour ago








            • 1





              In less, for example, there's a -i mode in which matching is case-insensitive if you only use lowercase letters in the pattern, but if there are any uppercase letters in the pattern, the whole thing is case-sensitive. That's like (sometimes) ignoring case in the contents but not the pattern.

              – Wumpus Q. Wumbley
              1 hour ago
















            0














            Apparently I have a different manpage.



               -i, --ignore-case
            Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in
            case match each other.


            In any case, it's not about the filenames.



            It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern.



            Test file:



            ___________
            Hello World
            ^^^^^^^^^^^


            Grep results (ignore case of file contents):



            $ grep hello test.txt 

            $ grep Hello test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep -i HELLO test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep -i hello test.txt
            Hello World


            Grep results (ignore case of pattern):



            $ grep [a-Z] test.txt 
            grep: Invalid range end
            $ grep -i [a-Z] test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep -i [A-z] test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep [A-z] test.txt
            ___________
            Hello World
            ^^^^^^^^^^^


            As you can see the results can sometimes be a little unexpected.



            Not sure if there is an example where this actually matters more.






            share|improve this answer



















            • 1





              "It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern", this suggests (although it doesn't necessarily say it), that it is possible to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents. I'd like to understand how this would work (ignoring pattern, but not contents -- or the other way around).

              – grep
              1 hour ago








            • 1





              In less, for example, there's a -i mode in which matching is case-insensitive if you only use lowercase letters in the pattern, but if there are any uppercase letters in the pattern, the whole thing is case-sensitive. That's like (sometimes) ignoring case in the contents but not the pattern.

              – Wumpus Q. Wumbley
              1 hour ago














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            Apparently I have a different manpage.



               -i, --ignore-case
            Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in
            case match each other.


            In any case, it's not about the filenames.



            It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern.



            Test file:



            ___________
            Hello World
            ^^^^^^^^^^^


            Grep results (ignore case of file contents):



            $ grep hello test.txt 

            $ grep Hello test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep -i HELLO test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep -i hello test.txt
            Hello World


            Grep results (ignore case of pattern):



            $ grep [a-Z] test.txt 
            grep: Invalid range end
            $ grep -i [a-Z] test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep -i [A-z] test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep [A-z] test.txt
            ___________
            Hello World
            ^^^^^^^^^^^


            As you can see the results can sometimes be a little unexpected.



            Not sure if there is an example where this actually matters more.






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            Apparently I have a different manpage.



               -i, --ignore-case
            Ignore case distinctions, so that characters that differ only in
            case match each other.


            In any case, it's not about the filenames.



            It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern.



            Test file:



            ___________
            Hello World
            ^^^^^^^^^^^


            Grep results (ignore case of file contents):



            $ grep hello test.txt 

            $ grep Hello test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep -i HELLO test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep -i hello test.txt
            Hello World


            Grep results (ignore case of pattern):



            $ grep [a-Z] test.txt 
            grep: Invalid range end
            $ grep -i [a-Z] test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep -i [A-z] test.txt
            Hello World
            $ grep [A-z] test.txt
            ___________
            Hello World
            ^^^^^^^^^^^


            As you can see the results can sometimes be a little unexpected.



            Not sure if there is an example where this actually matters more.







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              "It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern", this suggests (although it doesn't necessarily say it), that it is possible to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents. I'd like to understand how this would work (ignoring pattern, but not contents -- or the other way around).

              – grep
              1 hour ago








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              In less, for example, there's a -i mode in which matching is case-insensitive if you only use lowercase letters in the pattern, but if there are any uppercase letters in the pattern, the whole thing is case-sensitive. That's like (sometimes) ignoring case in the contents but not the pattern.

              – Wumpus Q. Wumbley
              1 hour ago














            • 1





              "It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern", this suggests (although it doesn't necessarily say it), that it is possible to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents. I'd like to understand how this would work (ignoring pattern, but not contents -- or the other way around).

              – grep
              1 hour ago








            • 1





              In less, for example, there's a -i mode in which matching is case-insensitive if you only use lowercase letters in the pattern, but if there are any uppercase letters in the pattern, the whole thing is case-sensitive. That's like (sometimes) ignoring case in the contents but not the pattern.

              – Wumpus Q. Wumbley
              1 hour ago








            1




            1





            "It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern", this suggests (although it doesn't necessarily say it), that it is possible to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents. I'd like to understand how this would work (ignoring pattern, but not contents -- or the other way around).

            – grep
            1 hour ago







            "It ignores case in the file (contents) but also in the pattern", this suggests (although it doesn't necessarily say it), that it is possible to ignore case in the pattern, but not in the contents. I'd like to understand how this would work (ignoring pattern, but not contents -- or the other way around).

            – grep
            1 hour ago






            1




            1





            In less, for example, there's a -i mode in which matching is case-insensitive if you only use lowercase letters in the pattern, but if there are any uppercase letters in the pattern, the whole thing is case-sensitive. That's like (sometimes) ignoring case in the contents but not the pattern.

            – Wumpus Q. Wumbley
            1 hour ago





            In less, for example, there's a -i mode in which matching is case-insensitive if you only use lowercase letters in the pattern, but if there are any uppercase letters in the pattern, the whole thing is case-sensitive. That's like (sometimes) ignoring case in the contents but not the pattern.

            – Wumpus Q. Wumbley
            1 hour ago










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