shred: update page (#11724)

* shred: update page

Added -v option.
Changed --zero to -z to better match the format of other options.
Added final example combining all of the other options.

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Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com>
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`shred {{path/to/file}}`
- Overwrite a file, leaving zeroes instead of random data:
- Overwrite a file and show progress on the screen:
`shred --verbose {{path/to/file}}`
- Overwrite a file, leaving [z]eros instead of random data:
`shred --zero {{path/to/file}}`
- Overwrite a file 25 times:
- Overwrite a file a specific [n]umber of times:
`shred -n25 {{path/to/file}}`
`shred --iterations {{25}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Overwrite a file and remove it:
`shred --remove {{path/to/file}}`
- Overwrite a file 100 times, add a final overwrite with [z]eros, remove the file after overwriting it and show [v]erbose progress on the screen:
`shred -vzun 100 {{path/to/file}}`