Managing files can consume a major portion of your time. Locating files, determining which files and folders (directories) are taking the most disk space, deleting files, moving files, and simply opening files for use in an application are all aspects of managing files.

As with most other aspects of Linux, there is a large number of programs available for you to choose from in performing these tasks. The program you choose to use as your primary file manager will become quite familiar to you. Other file managers may have features and capabilities not available in your regular file manager, so you may use them for specific tasks.

KDE also has a standard file dialog that allows you to save files and email attachments from application programs. Some applications also have their own file managers. This is wasteful, but apparently those application developers felt that they had some special needs that were not met by the standard file manager.

This section of the Databook® for Linux Users covers managing files with the various file managers and the standard KDE file dialog.

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