wipe

Command-line tool for securely erasing files from magnetic media with multiple overwrites, open source under GPL, supports Linux, BSD, Solaris, and more, no graphical interface, precompiled for many distributions, for secure data removal.

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  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Linux
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  • Developed by

    FR flagAntoine Berke Durak

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

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    • English

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What is wipe?

wipe is a little command for securely erasing files from magnetic media. It compiles under various unix platforms, including Linux 2. * , (Open, Net, Free)BSD, aix 4.1, SunOS 5.5.1, Solaris 2.6. wipe is released under the GPL. Pre-compiled packages are available on most Linux distributions. Under Debian, the package name is wipe .

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