Now that you understand how to access the file manager, let's use it. Open the file manager and you can start searching and filtering for the file you're looking for (Figure 5). Figure 5 ...

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).

For instance, with the Nautilus file manager, hit the Ctrl+h key combination to hide or reveal hidden files/directories. The second caveat is that it doesn’t work with the command line.

Once you’ve done that, click to open the archive and you should see the mytext.txt file is there. SEE: Linux turns 30: Celebrating the open source operating system (free PDF) (TechRepublic) ...