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26 points

I don’t get it… “D” is a complete different character than “d” is.

It’s like wondering why “file1” is not opened when I typed in “file2”.

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that’s not how language works though, in human language (i know this can be confusing) d and D are the same letter just in different forms.

It’s one thing to have case sensitivity in programs doing data manipulation, that makes sense because you don’t want the program to accidentally use the wrong files without supervision.

But when you have an interactive prompt you know what you’re doing, you can see if you entered the wrong directory, and you’re generally going to be working in directories that you have yourself organized.

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Doesn’t tab completion solve this if there are no alternatives with matching case? sounds like a PBKAC

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On Windows filenames are case insensitive at least usually, some people are used to that. But that is poor design for so many reasons, Turkish I being one of them.

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Now take Android. Files are case-sensitive yet you can’t create 2 files with same name if they only vary in case.

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TIL, thanks. I wonder why they chose to do it this way.

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One of the most pointlessly annoying things I’ve had to deal with was trying to move a process made for Linux onto a Windows MINGW/cygwin-type environment where one of the scripts would generate “.filename” AND “.FileName” files. :|

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You could also say that down should not complete to download since those are completely different strings and you shouldn’t expect one to get you the other.

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Sorry, down is a substring of download I don’t get your point either?

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4 points

Substring is not string.

If they were interchangeable, then “D” & “d” should be too.

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People want their computers to magically know what they want these days. :)

This specific problem doesn’t exist in oh-my-zsh config though. It will find the directory even if spelling it like this.

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“magically know what they want” aka occasionally set you and your files on fire

i prefer not fire

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