If you open the GNOME file manager (this feature is found in most Linux file managers) and right-click a file you want to be zipped, you'll see a Compress entry (Figure 1).

In this how-to we will look at the find command and a range of additional arguments which will give us a variety of approaches to finding files and directories.

If you're new to Linux, there's a very handy file you'll want to learn about right away. Jack Wallen introduces you to the hosts file and how to add entries to it.

If you would like to rename your files using Linux commands instead, open your command line interface and navigate to the directory containing the file that you wish to rename.

In this article, you have learned what SED is, how SED works, how to replace a string in a file, how to replace a variable in a file, and how to perform the deletion. To learn more about Linux, follow ...

Removing files and directories using the Linux command line is very efficient and can be used directly, or when accessing a system remotely.