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SYNOPSIS

shred [OPTIONS] FILE [...]

DESCRIPTION

Delete a file securely, first overwriting it to hide its contents.

-f, --force

change permissions to allow writing if necessary

-n, --iterations=N

Overwrite N times instead of the default (25)

-s, --size=N

shred this many bytes (suffixes like k, M, G accepted)

-u, --remove

truncate and remove file after overwriting

-v, --verbose

show progress

-x, --exact

do not round file sizes up to the next full block

-z, --zero

add a final overwrite with zeros to hide shredding

-

shred standard output

--help

display this help and exit

--version

print version information and exit

FIXME maybe add more discussion here?

AUTHOR

Written by Colin Plumb.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright \(co 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for shred is maintained as a Texinfo manual If the info and shred programs are properly installed at your site the command
info shred

should give you access to the complete manual