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srm: Condense and reword. Remove 35-pass example cause it's crazy-town.

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Peter Tripp 2016-01-20 03:42:47 -08:00
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# srm
> Securely remove files or directories.
> Overwrites the existing data one or multiple. Drop in replacement for rm.
> Overwrites the existing data one or multiple times. Drop in replacement for rm.
- Remove a file after overwriting (single pass, 7 pass, 35 pass):
- Remove a file after a single pass overwriting with random data:
`srm -s {{/path/to/file}}`
- Remove a file after seven passes overwriting it with random data:
`srm -m {{/path/to/file}}`
`srm {{/path/to/file}}`
- Scurely remove recursively a directory and all it's subdirectories:
- Recursively remove a directory and contents overwriting each file with a single pass of random data.
`srm -r {{/path/to/folder}}`
`srm -r -s {{/path/to/folder}}`
- Prompt before every removal: