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…
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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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Excel is auto-changing case entry in data validated cells
Problem: For cells which have data validation: Users type a capital 'A' in a cell and Excel is changing the letter to lower case 'a' to match the validation cell value. This is a brand new behavior, affecting only some PCs.
Details: I created a…
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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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