mac.emptyTrash

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# Command to empty Trash with 35-pass security method. This is the most secure deletion,
# so you will not be able to recover any file deleted with this method.
# Replace <MAC_USER> with your Mac username.
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srm -rfv /Users/<MAC_USER>/.Trash/*


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# Command to empty Trash with 7-pass security method that meets the
# US Department of Defense standard for securely erasing data.
# Notice '-m' flag in the command that applies "medium" removal security (7-pass).
# Replace <MAC_USER> with your Mac username.
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srm -rfv -m /Users/<MAC_USER>/.Trash/*


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# Command that forcibly & securely removes all locked or owned files with Super User
# permissions. This is as secure (35-pass) and as ‘dangerous’ as it gets because of
# the superuser access. Use with extreme caution and do not use this is unless you
# know what you're doing and why you're doing it.
# The '-f' flag adds force removal of the files, so you'll never get any notification
# when programm is deleting files.
# Replace <MAC_USER> with your Mac username.
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sudo srm -rf /Users/<MAC_USER>/.Trash/*


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# Any of the command above could be added into your Mac user .profile file as an alias
# to make removal command just shorter.
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# If you don't have .profile file in the root folder of your user, just create it.
# Replace <MAC_USER> with your Mac username.
sudo touch /Users/<MAC_USER>/.profile

# If you already have .profile file or just created, open it for edition:
sudo nano /Users/<MAC_USER>/.profile

# And add any of the commands above as an alias:
alias secureEmptyTrash="srm -rfv /Users/<MAC_USER>/.Trash/*"
alias emptyTrash="srm -rfv -m /Users/<MAC_USER>/.Trash/*"
alias forceEmptyTrash="sudo srm -rf /Users/<MAC_USER>/.Trash/*"

# To save and close .profile file edition mode, hit 'CTRL + O' keys on your keyboard, 
# then hit Enter (/return) key to overwrite and last 'CTRL + X' to exit edition mode.


# Reload your .profile file after its being edited. That makes sure your newly created
# commands aliases are available in the Terminal.
. ~/.profile

# And you're ready to use aliases any time you open Terminal:
secureEmptyTrash