So I realize this is a joke, but, and I am legit asking, isn’t there a command where you can tell Linux to treat Downloads and downloads as the same thing?
Maybe, but there is always the possibility that Downloads and downloads both exist in that path and in a case sensitive file system, those are going to be two completely different directories, so adding that obfuscation on top might wind up biting you later.
Sorta. If you put a FAT32 disk or sd card into a Linux system and mount it, it will ignore case because of the way the filenames are stored in that filesystem. However, there are a lot of important features you lose working on filesystems like that, so really it should be reserved for sneakernet with other operating systems.
So I realize this is a joke, but, and I am legit asking, isn’t there a command where you can tell Linux to treat Downloads and downloads as the same thing?
ln -s Dowloads downloadsMaybe, but there is always the possibility that Downloads and downloads both exist in that path and in a case sensitive file system, those are going to be two completely different directories, so adding that obfuscation on top might wind up biting you later.
That’s where case-insensitive tab complete comes in. You can still tab through downloads and Downloads, and it doesn’t impact anything else.
Absolutely! That’s probably the best compromise to make it easier without risking something breaking or not working as expected
Sorta. If you put a FAT32 disk or sd card into a Linux system and mount it, it will ignore case because of the way the filenames are stored in that filesystem. However, there are a lot of important features you lose working on filesystems like that, so really it should be reserved for sneakernet with other operating systems.
@nocturne
if you use #fishshell, it’ll autocomplete to “Downloads”