Revision of Wipe Out Files and Partitions from Wed, 02/12/2014 - 21:36

Why do wipe out files?

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Tools

There are several tools to achieve this.

On Command Line:

• shred
• srm

On GUI:

Wiping out files and partitions

Wiping out files thru command line

To wipe out a file you can use the following command:

$ shred -f -nM -v -z -u file

Where: -f forces to overwrite, -nM overwrites it M times, -v shows you what's going on, -z fills with zeros, -u removes the file after overwriting it, file is the name of the file.

To wipe out a partition you can use the following command:

$ shred -f -nM -v -z /dev/sdX

Where: -f forces to overwrite, -nM overwrites it M times, -v shows you what's going on, -z fills with zeros, X the letter of the drive.

If the above does not work, try with sudo.

Wiping out files thru GUI

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