srm

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Securely remove files or directories. Overwrites the existing data one or multiple times. Drop in replacement for rm.

Options (3)

-s, --simpleboolean

Remove a file after a single-pass overwriting with random data

Example: srm {{[-s|--simple]}} {{path/to/file}}

-r, --recursiveboolean

Recursively remove a directory and its contents overwriting each file with a single-pass of random data

Example: srm {{[-r|--recursive]}} {{[-s|--simple]}} {{path/to/directory}}

-i, --interactiveboolean

Prompt before every removal

Example: srm {{[-i|--interactive]}} {{\*}}

Remove a file after a single-pass overwriting with random data

srm [-s|--simple] path/to/file

Remove a file after seven passes of overwriting with random data

srm -m path/to/file

Recursively remove a directory and its contents overwriting each file with a single-pass of random data

srm [-r|--recursive] [-s|--simple] path/to/directory

Prompt before every removal

srm [-i|--interactive] \*