SHRED(1) General Commands Manual SHRED(1) (NAME) shred - () (SYNOPSIS) shred [OPTION]... FILE... (DESCRIPTION) () . (OPTIONS) -f, --force -n, --iterations [: 3] N (3) -s, --size ( K M G ) -u --remove[=] -u (HOW) : o unlink o wipe o wipesync -v, --verbose -x, --exact (non-regular) -z, --zero (shredding) --random-source FILE -h, --help -V, --version [file] (EXTRA) --remove (-u) () . /dev/hda . : shred : (in place). . shred : - (log-structured) AIX Solaris ( JFS ReiserFS XFS Ext3 ) - RAID - (snapshot) NFS Network Appliance' - (cache) NFS - ext3 ( shred) data=journal (metadata) . data=ordered () data=writeback shred . Ext3 data=something /etc/fstab mount (`man mount`). (remote mirrors) . (VERSION) v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0 2026-09-01 SHRED(1)