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Write zeros over all of the free space on your disk. Afterwards, remove a small file before removing the big file to help the system be more responsive in the meantime.
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zero_disk.sh
#!/bin/sh
dd if=/dev/zero of=$HOME/zero.small.file iflag=nocache oflag=direct bs=1024 count=102400
dd if=/dev/zero of=$HOME/zero.file iflag=nocache oflag=direct bs=4096
rm $HOME/zero.small.file
rm $HOME/zero.file
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