Hi, The -Q option must be in conjunction with -q. This is explicity in manpage:
-q (quick wipe) If this option is used, wipe will only make (by default) 4 passes on each file, writing random data. See option -Q -Q <number-of-passes> Sets the number of passes for quick wiping. Default is 4. The command error also says: # wipe -Q 1 1 Invocation error (-h for help): option -Q useless without -q However, I will make it a bit more clean in manpage. Regards, Eriberto -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/801472 Title: [wipe] invalid command line options behaviour To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wipe/+bug/801472/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs