shred

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Overwrite files to securely delete data.

Options (5)

-v, --verboseboolean

Overwrite a file and show progress on the screen

Example: shred {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/file}}

-z, --zeroboolean

Overwrite a file, leaving zeros instead of random data

Example: shred {{[-z|--zero]}} {{path/to/file}}

-n, --iterationsboolean

Overwrite a file a specific number of times

Example: shred {{[-n|--iterations]}} {{25}} {{path/to/file}}

-u, --removeboolean

Overwrite a file and remove it

Example: shred {{[-u|--remove]}} {{path/to/file}}

boolean

Overwrite a file 100 times, add a final overwrite with zeros, remove the file after overwriting it, and show verbose progress on the screen

Example: shred {{[-vzu|--verbose --zero --remove]}} {{[-n|--iterations]}} 100 {{path/to/file}}

Overwrite a file

shred path/to/file

Overwrite a file and show progress on the screen

shred [-v|--verbose] path/to/file

Overwrite a file, leaving zeros instead of random data

shred [-z|--zero] path/to/file

Overwrite a file a specific number of times

shred [-n|--iterations] 25 path/to/file

Overwrite a file and remove it

shred [-u|--remove] path/to/file

Overwrite a file 100 times, add a final overwrite with zeros, remove the file after overwriting it, and show verbose progress on the screen

shred [-vzu|--verbose --zero --remove] [-n|--iterations] 100 path/to/file