Re: make "for x in *$1*" case insensitive?

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

zzapper wrote:
> Hi Y'All
> 
> for x in *$1*
> 
> How can I make above case insensitive I guess I could transform

Make what case insensitive?  There's no test.

If you have a test, you can turn on extended_glob and use the (#i) flag:


setopt extended_glob
[[ MAIN = (#i)main ]] && print yes


Works in case statements, too, but remember the balanced parentheses:


case $1 in
  ((#i)main) print yes
  ;;
esac
 

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