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 ...

I'm taking a web design class in college, and our assignment for this week is to create an online application that will take the contents of an uploaded text file (.txt, .css, etc) and save it into a ...

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 ...

Windows 7's search box can quickly find apps and file names, but it can also search file contents. Make it so by enabling Windows to universally search the contents of all files, so you can find your ...

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 ...

Linux provides many commands for examining the contents of files including cat, more, head and tail, but that’s just a start. For one thing, even the most obvious commands have a lot more options than ...

Ever searched for a file in Windows and come up empty? Or waited way too long for results? You’re not alone. Many users find Windows Search frustrating and it really boils down to its default settings ...

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 ...

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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 ...