In the world of Linux, file compression is a routine yet critical task, serving the dual purpose of saving disk space and speeding up file transfers. With several compression tools at your disposal, ...

There are quite a few interesting things that you can do with "zip" commands other than compress and uncompress files. Here are some other zip options and how they can help. Some of us have been ...

The TAR, or Tape Archive, file format was developed to simplify the process of storing and distributing multiple Unix operating system files. TAR files are uncompressed archives with the ".tar" file ...

Learn how to use a host of Linux commands in these 2-minute video tutorials from Sandra Henry-Stocker, author of the Unix as a Second Language blog. In this Linux tip, learn how to use the bzcat and ...