Command-line tool

scrub

brew/scrub

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Writes patterns on magnetic media to thwart data recovery

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install scrub

Linux

brew install scrub

Securely overwrite a file using the default overwrite pattern

scrub path/to/file

Securely overwrite multiple files

scrub path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...

Securely overwrite a block device or partition

sudo scrub /dev/sdX

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