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Update README.md with revised nwipe options help (v0.37)
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Updated the information that shows the command line options that can be used with nwipe and therefore used with ShredOS's nwipe_options"...." string that can be placed on the kernel command line.
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For reference and as of nwipe v0.35, listed below are all the options that you can use with nwipe and can place on the kernel command line in grub.cfg as described in the examples above.
For reference and as of nwipe v0.37 (from v2024.02.2_26.0_x86-64_0.37), listed below are all the options that you can use with nwipe and can place on the kernel command line in grub.cfg as described in the examples above.
```
sudo nwipe --help
Usage: nwipe [options] [device1] [device2] ...
Options:
-V, --version Prints the version number
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off - Do not verify
last - Verify after the last pass
all - Verify every pass
Please mind that HMG IS5 enhanced always verifies the
last (PRNG) pass regardless of this option.
-m, --method=METHOD The wiping method. See man page for more details.
(default: dodshort)
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one - Overwrite with ones (0xFF)
verify_zero - Verifies disk is zero filled
verify_one - Verifies disk is 0xFF filled
is5enh - HMG IS5 enhanced
-l, --logfile=FILE Filename to log to. Default is STDOUT
-P, --PDFreportpath=PATH Path to write PDF reports to. Default is "."
If set to "noPDF" no PDF reports are written.
-p, --prng=METHOD PRNG option (mersenne|twister|isaac|isaac64)
-p, --prng=METHOD PRNG option (mersenne|twister|isaac|isaac64|add_lagg_fibonacci_prng)
-q, --quiet Anonymize logs and the GUI by removing unique data, i.e.
serial numbers, LU WWN Device ID, and SMBIOS/DMI data
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--nousb Do NOT show or wipe any USB devices whether in GUI
mode, --nogui or --autonuke modes.
-e, --exclude=DEVICES Up to thirty comma separated devices to be excluded
-e, --exclude=DEVICES Up to ten comma separated devices to be excluded
--exclude=/dev/sdc
--exclude=/dev/sdc,/dev/sdd
--exclude=/dev/sdc,/dev/sdd,/dev/mapper/cryptswap1
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