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| dd if=/dev/zero of=filewithsecret bs=1 count=12342 conv=notrunc | |
| # ^^^^^- filesize (ls -l filewithsecret) | |
| # ^^^^^- notrunc: do not truncate the file if count is < filesize (do not leave secret bits and bytes hanging around on your disk....) | |
| # Could combine this with a for loop to do it a couple of times if feeling extra |
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