tldr/pages/common/srm.md

# srm

> Securely remove files or directories.
> Overwrites the existing data one or multiple times. Drop in replacement for rm.
> More information: <http://srm.sourceforge.net/srm.html>.

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

`srm -s {{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 -s {{path/to/directory}}`

- Prompt before every removal:

`srm -i {{\*}}`
Added: Cal, srm, md5, md5sum, xed Edited cp and rm. Fixed markdown escaping the wildcard. 2014-02-10 23:44:02 +00:00			`# srm`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Securely remove files or directories.`
srm: Condense and reword. Remove 35-pass example cause it's crazy-town. 2016-01-20 11:42:47 +00:00			`> Overwrites the existing data one or multiple times. Drop in replacement for rm.`
multiple pages: Unify file path syntax to indicate a 'path to' (#4816) 2020-10-28 17:19:43 +00:00			`> More information: <http://srm.sourceforge.net/srm.html>.`
Added: Cal, srm, md5, md5sum, xed Edited cp and rm. Fixed markdown escaping the wildcard. 2014-02-10 23:44:02 +00:00
Single line text refinements. 2016-01-20 17:59:42 +00:00			`- Remove a file after a single-pass overwriting with random data:`
Added: Cal, srm, md5, md5sum, xed Edited cp and rm. Fixed markdown escaping the wildcard. 2014-02-10 23:44:02 +00:00
multiple pages: Unify file path syntax to indicate a 'path to' (#4816) 2020-10-28 17:19:43 +00:00			`srm -s {{path/to/file}}`
srm: Condense and reword. Remove 35-pass example cause it's crazy-town. 2016-01-20 11:42:47 +00:00
Single line text refinements. 2016-01-20 17:59:42 +00:00			`- Remove a file after seven passes of overwriting with random data:`
srm: Condense and reword. Remove 35-pass example cause it's crazy-town. 2016-01-20 11:42:47 +00:00
multiple pages: Unify file path syntax to indicate a 'path to' (#4816) 2020-10-28 17:19:43 +00:00			`srm -m {{path/to/file}}`
Added: Cal, srm, md5, md5sum, xed Edited cp and rm. Fixed markdown escaping the wildcard. 2014-02-10 23:44:02 +00:00
Single line text refinements. 2016-01-20 17:59:42 +00:00			`- Recursively remove a directory and its contents overwriting each file with a single-pass of random data:`
Added: Cal, srm, md5, md5sum, xed Edited cp and rm. Fixed markdown escaping the wildcard. 2014-02-10 23:44:02 +00:00
multiple pages: Unify file path syntax to indicate a 'path to' (#4816) 2020-10-28 17:19:43 +00:00			`srm -r -s {{path/to/directory}}`
Added: Cal, srm, md5, md5sum, xed Edited cp and rm. Fixed markdown escaping the wildcard. 2014-02-10 23:44:02 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Prompt before every removal:`
Added: Cal, srm, md5, md5sum, xed Edited cp and rm. Fixed markdown escaping the wildcard. 2014-02-10 23:44:02 +00:00
Normalize the final new line Fixes #310 Some files had no newlines, some had 1 newline and some more than 1 newline. Normalize them all to have only 1 newline at the end of all files. 2015-10-28 08:33:06 +00:00			`srm -i {{\*}}`