Sunday, February 17, 2013

Shred

Shred is a Unix command that can be used to securely delete files and devices so that they can be recovered only with great difficulty with specialised hardware, if at all.
Syntax : shred options file
Options :
-f : change permissions to allow writing if necessary
-n : overwrite N times instead of the default (3)
-s : shred this many bytes (suffixes like K, M, G accepted)
-u : truncate and remove file after overwriting
-v : show progress
-x : do not round file sizes up to the next full block
-z : add a final overwrite with zeros to hide shredding
For more informations type : shred --help

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