🖥️shred

➡️This is a command-line reference manual for commands and command combinations that you don’t use often enough to remember it. This cheatsheet explains the shred command with important options and switches using examples.

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# To shred a file (5 passes) and verbose output:
shred -n 5 -v file.txt

# To shred a file (5 passes) and a final overwrite of zeroes:
shred -n 5 -vz file.txt

# To do the above, and then truncate and rm the file:
shred -n 5 -vzu file.txt

# To shred a partition:
shred -n 5 -vz /dev/sda

# Remember that shred may not behave as expected on journaled file systems if file data is being journaled.

shred -uz ⁂.jpg 
# The new triple asterisk (asterism) Unicode character can be used when you want to match only incriminating files. 

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