From 7bc6b57f5d22b4c7455b761a46334ff145c687ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: OrginalS <36825453+OrginalS@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 08:32:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 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. --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna --- pages/common/shred.md | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/common/shred.md b/pages/common/shred.md index 709ab032a..c70dc2d0c 100644 --- a/pages/common/shred.md +++ b/pages/common/shred.md @@ -7,14 +7,22 @@ `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}}`