Hello. [coreutils 8.27] $ touch test $ shred -vu test shred: test: removing shred: test: renamed to 0000 shred: 0000: renamed to 000 shred: 000: renamed to 00 shred: 00: renamed to 0 shred: test: removed [coreutils 8.28] $ touch test $ shred -vu test shred: test: removing shred: test: renamed to 0000 shred: test: removed Is it a bug or is it an intentional change? Has commit 2ae1460dad89a791ebf770f74217596b6642cead something to do with this? Thank you.