OS X provides an easy option in the Finder's contextual menus for creating ZIP archives of Finder selections; however, the Finder does not have the option to quickly view a ZIP file's contents. Topher ...

An ISO file is an exact image of an optical disc such as a CD, DVD or Blu-ray disc. Windows 7 provides limited native support for the format but it does not provide the functionality to check the ...

You can examine the contents of compressed files on Linux systems without uncompressing the files or changing them in any way. This post explains the commands for doing that and the types of ...

The Linux comm command makes it easy to compare a couple text files and determine if they both contain the same lines -- whether the file contents are sorted or not. The comm command on Linux systems ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Don’t let any file get away from you. Don’t let any file get away from you. Finding files on your Mac drive can ...

Sometimes it can be useful to list the contents of one or more directories in a text file, for example by creating a file catalog. Windows does not allow you to perform this operation from File ...

Because the -p option specifies that the unzip command should write its output to standard output rather than to an actual file, there is no need to clean up any files. Brute Force jar Approach The ...

I recently borrowed a Windows laptop from a friend. When I booted up the system, there was a system update. That’s fine because it’s Windows; the update took two hours and 45 minutes to complete. Once ...

On Windows 11, searching for files can sometimes feel like finding a needle in a haystack, but it doesn't have to be. Whether you're looking for a specific document, an image buried in folders, or a ...

A file extension, or file name extension, is the letters immediately shown after the last period in a file name. For example, the file extension.txt has an extension of .txt. This extension allows the ...