I guess if it is working as documented then it is a 'feature' not a 'bug'?
The write up of -f, --ignore-case in man look is not particularly helpful or revealing.
The corresponding description in man sort is far clearer and seems to shed light on the reported behaviour -
Presumably Mike's prior experience has been with versions older than 2.28?
I'd say it fails the Principle Of Least Surprise. But it's a 'linux' thing, not directly the responsibility of Raspberry Pi or Debian.
The write up of -f, --ignore-case in man look is not particularly helpful or revealing.
The corresponding description in man sort is far clearer and seems to shed light on the reported behaviour -
Code:
-f, --ignore-case fold lower case to upper case charactersPresumably Mike's prior experience has been with versions older than 2.28?
I'd say it fails the Principle Of Least Surprise. But it's a 'linux' thing, not directly the responsibility of Raspberry Pi or Debian.
Statistics: Posted by B.Goode — Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:34 am