tldr/pages/common/srm.md

srm

Securely remove files or directories. Overwrites the existing data one or multiple times. Drop in replacement for rm.

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

srm -s {{/path/to/file}}

• Remove a file after seven passes overwriting it with random data:

srm -m {{/path/to/file}}

• Recursively remove a directory and contents overwriting each file with a single pass of random data.

srm -r -s {{/path/to/folder}}

• Prompt before every removal:

srm -i {{\*}}