nuke-file

#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [[ -f "$1" ]] && ! [[ -L "$1" ]] && ! [[ -d "$1" ]]; then
    echo "This is not a secure erase tool, this is to stop your system from ever modifying the file again..."
    echo "Printing File Contents, make quadruple sure this is the correct file..."
    echo "Press \"Q\" to continue, or \"CTRL+C\" to stop"
    sudo cat "$1" | less
    sudo chattr -i "$1"
    sudo truncate -s 0 "$1"
    sudo chattr +i "$1"
    echo "Printing File Contents again to make sure the file is empty..."
    sudo cat "$1" | less
    exit 0
elif [[ -L "$1" ]]; then
    echo "Running this on links or directories is a bad idea..."
    echo "$1 is a Link"
    exit 1
elif [[ -d "$1" ]]; then
    echo "Running this on links or directories is a bad idea..."
    echo "$1 is a Directory"
    exit 1
fi