shredder command line

[jonno2009]

Hi ... just new here ... I use to have the linux command line to shred files ... can anyone please give me the command line to shred files?
Many thanks ... Jonno

[Barriehie]

Hi ... just new here ... I use to have the linux command line to shred files ... can anyone please give me the command line to shred files?
Many thanks ... Jonno

You're looking for shred? Try 'man shred' in the terminal.

Barrie

[Agent ME]

"shred -u somefile" will shred and delete the file. Leaving off the "-u" will cause it to shred the file, but not delete it, causing a file full of random data to be left over.