From 916e999777ecdab646e32c7ba4939f45f1bcc0e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:08:22 -0600
Subject: adding wipedisk

---
 wipedisk | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 wipedisk

(limited to 'wipedisk')

diff --git a/wipedisk b/wipedisk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c08c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wipedisk
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
+# identify disk and erase 
+
+all_disk_ids=( $(ls /dev/disk/by-id/) )
+echo ""; echo "Select the disk id to use. All data will be erased."
+select disk_id in "${all_disk_ids[@]}"; do
+    # ensure valid selection
+    if [[ -n $disk_id ]]; then
+        selection=$disk_id
+        break
+    else
+        echo "Invalid. Try again."
+    fi
+done
+
+# Confirm the selected disk
+read -p "Confirm: '$selection' [y/n]? " choice
+if [[ "$choice" != "y" ]]; then
+    echo "Exiting..."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+DISK="/dev/disk/by-id/$selection"
+echo ""; echo "### Erasing Disk"
+blkdiscard -f "${DISK}" || true    # discard all sectors on flash-based storage
+sgdisk --zap-all "${DISK}"         # clear the disk
+
+echo ""
+echo "Disk erased." 
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