What is the command to format a hard disk in Linux?

Formatting command, take formatting the /dev/sda1 partition as an example:

$ sudo umount /dev/sda1    # 必须先卸载该分区

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Format to FAT partition

$ sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sda1       # -F 参数必须大写，参数有 12，16 和 32，分别对应 FAT12，FAT16，FAT32。

To format to NTFS partition, you must first install ntfsprogs, take Ubuntu/Debian as an example:

$ sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs

Then execute the format format command, take formatting the /dev/sda1 partition as an example:

$ sudo umount /dev/sda1       # 必须先卸载该分区
$ sudo mkfs.ntfs /dev/sda1        # 格式化为ntfs速度有点慢。

Format to ext4/3/2, take formatting the /dev/sda1 partition as an example:

$ sudo umount /dev/sda1       # 必须先卸载该分区
$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1    # 格式化为ext4分区
$ sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1    # 格式化为ext3分区
$ sudo mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1    # 格式化为ext2分区

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