> That's only true for GNU-based userlands, not BSD-based ones. Sure, but installing (a subset of) GNU coreutils is probably going to pull in a lot fewer depen

> That's only true for GNU-based userlands, not BSD-based ones. Sure, but installing (a subset of) GNU coreutils is probably going to pull in a lot fewer dependencies than this JavaScript command line tool. Plus, you can use ports, no need to mess with a seperate package manager (npm) and the associated package verification foibles. > And if the system properly TRIMs it might not be necessary at all, though that greatly depends on the SSD. The "depends on the SSD" is a big one. Various recent forensic papers have shown that it can take a while until a TRIM'd sector is actually erased by the firmware. I still think that if this kind of thing causes worries, full-disk encryption is really the only sensible solution.