PrivacyScanData/truncate/new2/shredir-master/README.md

shredir.py

Truncate name and remove directory like "shred -u"

Usage

usage: shredir.py [-h] [-c COUNT] [-u] [-v] [-z] directory

positional arguments:
  directory             Directory

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -n COUNT, --iterations COUNT
                        Overwrite count (Default: 3)
  -u, --remove          Truncate and remove directory after overwriting (Default: True)
  -v, --verbose         Verbose output
  -z, --zero            Add a final overwrite directory name with zeros (Default: True)

Example

Remove directory

shredir.py /path/to/directory

Recurcive remove directories in current directory

# Before you need remove all files in directory
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 shred -uz

# Recursively remove directory
for DIRECTORY in `find . -type d | egrep -v '^\.$'`
do
shredir $DIRECTORY
done