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# case insensitive find, eg: ifind <pattern>[ dir1[ dir2[ dirN...]]]
function ifind() {
pat="$1"
shift
if [ "$#" = "0" ]; then
set "."
fi
for d in "$@"; do
#find "$d" -iname "*$pat*" # normal
find "$d" -iname "*$pat*" 2> /dev/null # hide can't read errors
shift
done
}
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