#!/bin/sh drives=$(ls /dev/sd[a-z] 2> /dev/null) safeDrives="" children="" activeChildren="" # safe drives are those which are not currently mounted for x in ${drives}; do mounted=$(df -h | grep ${x} | awk '{print $1}') if [ -z "${mounted}" ]; then safeDrives="${safeDrives} ${x}" n=$((n + 1)) fi done echo "Summary of currently mounted drives:" df -h echo "" echo "verify that the following drives are all OK to wipe:" echo "${safeDrives}" echo "" while [ "${isItSafe}" != "y" ]; do echo "(y/n)" read isItSafe if [ "${isItSafe}" = "n" ]; then exit fi done echo "OK, shredding!" # fork each shred into the background and record its PID for drive in ${safeDrives}; do shred -n 1 -z -v ${drive} & children="${children} $!" done # check if the shred PIDs have completed; # if so, everything is OK! while true; do for child in ${children}; do if kill -0 ${child} >/dev/null 2>&1; then activeChildren="${activeChildren} ${child}" fi done # if no active children, trim the whitespace so we can check for empty string activeChildren=$(echo ${activeChildren} | xargs echo) if [ -z "${activeChildren}" ]; then break else activeChildren="" fi sleep 5 done echo "Everything is OK! Press Enter to finish." read weAreDone