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# blkdiscard
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> Discards device sectors on storage devices. Useful for SSDs.
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> More information: <https://manned.org/blkdiscard>.
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- Discard all sectors on a device, removing all data:
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`blkdiscard /dev/{{device}}`
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- Securely discard all blocks on a device, removing all data:
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`blkdiscard --secure /dev/{{device}}`
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- Discard the first 100MB of a device:
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`blkdiscard --length {{100MB}} /dev/{{device}}`
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