7.2 Advanced Directory and File Management Using File Manager
7.2.3 View menu options
The View menu allows you to customize your File Manager windows. There are a number of options available on the View menu including:
Open New View Clicking on Open New View in the View menu will open another File Manager window. This facilitates moving files between different directory hierarchies.
Set View Options Set View Options enables you to choose the way in which the File Manager information is displayed in the window. The choices available are covered below.
Save Default Options Allows these settings to be retained after File Manager has closed.
Show Hidden Objects The File Manager window can be set to Show Hidden Objects, allowing viewing of all objects in a directory.
Set Filter Options Setting the Filter Options enables you to decide what objects will be hidden objects if you choose not to have these objects displayed.
Update The Update option of the View menu will redraw the File Manager window screen. This is useful if objects have been hidden or moved around during the current File Manager session.

The Set View Options
The Options from this menu item allow you to change the way File Manager displays the files and folders in its windows. You can change the ordering of the display by name, file type, date, or size. These options are shown in Figure and can be modified at any time.

The Tree Display
The file system can be displayed by single folder or as a hierarchical tree. By using the Tree display for your folders, it becomes easier to move around the file system hierarchy.

When a folder is double-clicked, another File Manager window will automatically be invoked and the contents of the selected folder will be displayed in the new File Manager window.

Note - For every folder selected, a new File Manager window will be invoked. Close the File Manager windows if you have finished working with the contents of the folder; otherwise, the performance of your workstation will begin to degrade.

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  Advanced CDE File Manager

In this lab, you will work with some of the more advanced features and functions of Common Desktop Environment (CDE) File Manager. You will perform more advanced file and directory management tasks such as those that were performed earlier at the command line.