From 43be99e9639567b18c8ffc8528516e8ed3d0f056 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam I <15039983+TheOtherUnknown@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 16:37:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] blkdiscard: add page (#3292)

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