Using the find command isn’t the most intuitive means of locating files from the command line, but once you get used to it, you’ll find it incredibly powerful and useful.

You can run a series of Linux commands to copy multiple files to a folder or copy a single file to multiple folders, but you can save time and trouble by using xargs, loops and scripts.

If you have a command that outputs a lot of data to the terminal, you might want to send that output to a file for easier (or later) viewing or sharing. Jack Wallen shows you how.

Fortunately, these Linux commands make it fairly easy to download files from a local or remote location. I'm going to show you three: wget, curl, and scp. 1. wget ...

In the world of Unix-based operating systems like Linux, file packaging and compression utilities play a pivotal role. One such utility is the zip command, an effective tool for compressing files to ...

How to zip files in Linux. Unlike other systems, you'll need to use the command line to zip files on a Linux computer. 1. Open a command window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.. 2.