Case-insensitive filename completion with BASH

If you use bash as your shell and use filename completion a lot, you can get bash to ignore the case of filenames just like HFS does.

Just put this in your ~/.inputrc file:

set completion-ignore-case on

Then, when you type ls /appli in the shell and force filename completion, you’ll get ls /Applications like you ought to.

3 thoughts on “Case-insensitive filename completion with BASH”

inari

11/09/2010 at 1:18 AM

thank you so much!
Tobie Cabiles

21/12/2011 at 6:46 PM

You should check this out……
Florida Acuff

09/01/2012 at 12:24 PM

How about you do your own 80s list and put “Cavern” on it? As far as I’m concerned Melle Mel is added value.