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mkfs.vfat:tldr:2b858
This command is used to create a FAT32 file system on a specific device, which in this case is specified as /dev/sdb1
.
Let's break down the command:
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mkfs.vfat
: This is the command used to create a FAT file system.mkfs
stands for "make file system" and.vfat
specifies that the file system should be formatted in the FAT format. -
${-dev-sdb1}
: This is the device on which the FAT32 file system will be created./dev/sdb1
represents a specific partition on a storage device, usually a USB drive or an external hard drive. The/dev/sdb1
notation points to the first partition on the second SCSI or SATA hard disk (usually/dev/sda
refers to the first SCSI/SATA hard disk). The dollar sign and curly braces indicate that the value inside should be substituted as a variable.
Overall, this command creates a FAT32 file system on the specified device /dev/sdb1
.