Question

I’m trying to write a shred script to output the files deleted to text file but I think I’m doing something wrong with the output? I was also thinking of adding a email section to the script to email confirmation when all files have been deleted but first things first need to get the output working to a text file.

Thanks

#!/bin/bash

# Use on remote server

LOCATION="/home/user/Test"
TIMES=-n38

cd $LOCATION

# Delete all files in location 30 times

echo "Deleting all delete located at $LOCATION "

nohup find $LOCATION -exec shred $TIMES -u '{}' \; & >> /home/user/output.txt

echo "All data at $LOCATION has been shredded $TIMES times"

# Delete the partition

#nohup shred -n 30 -vz /dev/sdb1 &

Answer 1

The ampersand needs to be at the end of the command, after the stdout redirection:

nohup find $LOCATION -exec shred $TIMES -u '{}' \; >> /home/user/output.txt &