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rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 390 / 2 Years ago, sat, june 11, 2022, 11:25:26

Are the commands' options case sensitive? i.e.

I did

rm -r directory

And

rm -R directory

And I got the same results, whereas when I did

ls -r directory

and

ls -R directory

I got different answers.

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2 Years ago

answered 2 Years ago smelrop · Accepted Answer

This is what man pages are for

ls:

-r, --reverse
reverse order while sorting

-R, --recursive
list subdirectories recursively

rm:

-r, -R, --recursive
remove directories and their contents recursively

So with the command rm, -r and -R are the same, but not so with ls