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In this tutorial we learn how to use shred commmand in Linux. shred command is shred - overwrite a file to hide its contents, and optionally delete it

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What is Linux shred Command?   shred Syntax   shred Examples   shred Command Manual / Help   Linux shred Command Source Code   Related Linux Commands   Summary  

What is Linux shred Command?  

In this tutorial we learn how to use shred command in Linux. shred command is shred - overwrite a file to hide its contents, and optionally delete it

shred Syntax  

       shred [OPTION]... FILE...

shred Examples  

shred Command Manual / Help  

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of shred command.

shred command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for shred command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man shred

To open info page for shred command we can use command below.

info shred

To open help page from shred command we can run command below.

shred --help

Linux shred Command Source Code  

You can find shred command source code from the folowing repositories:

Related Linux Commands  

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

  • Linux w Command
  • Linux id Command
  • Linux who Command

Summary  

In this tutorial we learn how to use shred in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.

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What is Linux shred Command?   shred Syntax   shred Examples   shred Command Manual / Help   Linux shred Command Source Code   Related Linux Commands   Summary  
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