RE: [Silliness] Re: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux
Jeremy Fitzhardinge (jeremy@goop.org)
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 22:44:16 -0800 (PST)
On 23-Dec-98 Steve Smith wrote:
> Therefore, I propose a new device: /dev/monkeys. This
> infinite-monkeys simulator will supply all possible combinations of
> strings, and selecting the required one is left to user space
> programs. Elegant, no?
> PS. "man tr" everybody
Ah-ha!
for /dev/ones: tr -cd '\377' < /dev/urandom
and /dev/bard: grep 'To be, or not to be...' /dev/urandom
J
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