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Scripts: Add help message to erase-disk.sh

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scripts/.local/bin/erase-disk.sh
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# USAGE: erase-disk.sh <passes> <device>
# Must be run as root
echo "# Securely erasing the disk device $2"
usage() {
echo "Usage: erase-disk.sh PASSES DEVICE"
echo "Securely erase DEVICE with PASSES passes"
echo
echo "Flags:"
echo " -h, --help \tDisplay this help message"
echo
echo "Options:"
echo " DEVICE \tThe device to erase"
echo " PASSES \tHow many times to erase DEVICE"
echo
echo "This script will securely erase a disk device with the specified amount"
echo "of passes (rounds). It does so by overwriting the specified device with"
echo "random data on the first pass, and with zeroes on the other passes."
echo "Due to the nature of disk device access permissions, the script must"
echo "be run as root."
echo
echo "erase-disk.sh is licensed under The Unlicense."
exit 0
}
[ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" ] && usage
if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
echo "This script must be run as root. Quitting..."
exit 1
elif [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "Please specify number of passes. Quitting..."
exit 1
elif [ -z "$2" ]; then
echo "Please specify device to erase. Quitting..."
exit 1
fi
echo "# Securely erasing the disk device $2"
i=1
while [ $i -le $1 ]; do