From Soup To Nuts - Linux Tips
Need to Delete a File for Good -- no one can recover.
You have a file "secret". The following makes it so no one can read it. If the file was 12 bytes, it's now 4096 after it has been over written 100 times. There's no way to recover this:
Want to remove the file? Use the "u" option.
It can be applied to a device
Need to Delete a File for Good -- no one can recover.
You have a file "secret". The following makes it so no one can read it. If the file was 12 bytes, it's now 4096 after it has been over written 100 times. There's no way to recover this:
$ shred -n 100 -z secret
Want to remove the file? Use the "u" option.
$ shred -n 100 -z -u test2
It can be applied to a device
$ shred -n 100 -z -u /dev/fd0