The shred command overwrites the contents of files in a way that makes it very difficult to recover them.

When you delete a file or delete it from the trash, from Linux or any other operating system, it is not completely erased from the hard drive.

shred --help

shred --help

shred --version

shred --version

shred a.txt

shred filename

shred -n 10 b.txt

shred -n 10 filename

shred -n 10 -vz e.txt

shred -n 10 -vz filename

shred -u c.txt

shred -u filename

shred -uv d.txt

shred -uv filename

shred -s 10 f.txt

shred -s 10 filename

shred -v f.txt

shred -v filename

shred -f g.txt

shred -f filename

shred -z h.txt

shred -z filename

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