Add command for overwriting harddisks
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@ -18,3 +18,11 @@ Using find with its `exec` switch one can set different permissions based on the
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One example would be only changing file or directory permissions.
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`$ find (directory) -type f -exec chmod 744 {} +`
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Replacing `-type f` with `-type d` would execute the `chmod` for directories instead.
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## Various
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### Overwrite disk with pseudorandom data
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Using openssl on CPUs with AES acceleration one can create pseudorandom data with high speeds.
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Much faster than `/dev/urandom` at least
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`# openssl enc -aes-128-ctr -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -nosalt -pass file:/dev/urandom < /dev/zero | pv > (target disk)`
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Around 2GiB/s on my Ryzen 7 1700x if output to `/dev/null`
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