Case-Insensitive File Name Search on Unix

Hello,
I have a program which runs on a Unix OS and it looks for some files like file.csv, and then reads these files. Basically I know the file name and I look for that file name in a particular directory.
Now, I want to make my program case-insensitive so that if the file name is file.csv or File.csv or FILE.csv, it should still locate that file and read it.
Any advice....
Thanks.

Thanks.
Probably I have to get all the file names in that
directory and then try to match against the file name
(using ignore case or toUpperCase() maybe), which I
am looking for.
Is there a way, where I don't have to get all the
file names in that directory and can just go and get
the FileReader Object etc for the file which I am
looking for.No
/Kaj

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