Operating system case-sensitivity

I'm new at DBA filed .I've read that while specifing filename in the parameter file , the operating system's case-sensitivity rules are applicable .If the operating system is case-sensitive , the filenames also become case-sensitive .
How i can know if the operating system i have is sensitive or not .
Any explanation would be thankful.

Your sysadmin should be able to tell you this w.r.t your OS. Unix for eg. is case sensitive.
Following eg is on solaris.
$ ls tt
tt
$ ls TT
TT: No such file or directory
$ ls Tt
Tt: No such file or directory

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