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Actually, it *should* work in the Terminal...
Authored by: drsmithy on Oct 07, '02 05:30:44PM
Because, like it or not, OS X is case-insensitive pretty much everywhere (even on the commandline - something like 'ls -l | Grep Desktop' actually works).

Case sensitivity is nothing but a PITA. The sooner it gets relegated to the annals of history, the better.

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Actually, it *should* work in the Terminal...
Authored by: JohnnyMnemonic on Oct 07, '02 11:55:27PM
Well, it doesn't seem to, or at least auto complete doesn't.

For instance, "cd /vol[tab]" doesn't auto complete to "cd /Volumes". Although "cd /volumes" will take you to "Volumes", so while navigation is case insensitive, auto complete is not.

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