Delete files permanently using the Shred command in Ubuntu If you are paranoid about a certain file and would like to delete it permanently, you can use the command shred in the terminal. shred {filename} Text copied from: http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/delete_files_securely_with_shred The shred command lets you delete files or entire hard drives permanently by overwriting the data with random gibberish many times (25 by default). This totally destroys the original data and makes it almost impossible to recover. For full information on using shred visit http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/delete_files_securely_with_shred/ Home - Apache - Ubuntu - MySQL - PHP - Misc Updated on: 2008-01-07 19:28:08