NVME-WDC-PURGE(1) NVMe Manual NVME-WDC-PURGE(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

nvme-wdc-purge - Send NVMe WDC Purge Vendor Unique Command, return result

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
nvme [<global-options>] wdc purge <device>
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

For the NVMe device given, sends a Vendor Unique WDC Purge command and provides the result.

The &lt;device&gt; parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).

This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for any other device are undefined.

On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

No options yet.

# [GLOBAL OPTIONS](#GLOBAL_OPTIONS)

The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:

--dry-run

Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.

--no-ioctl-probing

Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.

--no-retries

Disable retry logic on transient errors.

-o &lt;fmt&gt;, --output-format=&lt;fmt&gt;

Set the reporting format to *normal*, *tabular, 'json*, or *binary*. Only one output format may be used at a time.

--output-format-version=&lt;version&gt;

Select the output format version. Version *1* uses the original field naming, while version *2* (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names.

--timeout=&lt;ms&gt;

Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds.

-v, --verbose

Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.

These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in [nvme-cli.conf(5)](/man/os/nvme-cli/nvme-cli.conf.5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

•Has the program issue WDC Purge Vendor Unique Command :

```
# nvme wdc purge /dev/nvme0n1
```

# [NVME](#NVME)

Part of the nvme-user suite.

09/18/2026 NVMe

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Document: nvme-wdc-purge(1) from nvme-cli 3.1-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli