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# Securely Remove Files
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If you really want to make sure you have wiped a file from your hard drive,
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you are going to want to use `srm` instead of `rm`. The man page for `srm`
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gives the following description:
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> srm removes each specified file by overwriting, renaming, and truncating
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> it before unlinking. This prevents other people from undeleting or
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> recovering any information about the file from the command line.
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h/t Dillon Hafer
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