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mkfs.vfat:tldr:9f777
The command you provided is used to create a File Allocation Table (FAT) file system on a specific storage device. Here is a breakdown of each part:
-
mkfs.vfat
: This is the command to create a FAT file system. It is used to format a storage device with the FAT file system. -
-f 5
: This option specifies the number of file allocation tables to create. In this case, it is set to 5, which means 5 separate tables will be created for file allocation. -
${-dev-sdb1}
: This part specifies the target device or partition where the file system will be created. In this example, it issdb1
, which refers to the first partition on thesdb
disk.
Note that the ${-dev-sdb1}
part may contain a typo or incorrect format. Typically, the correct format for specifying a device is without the hyphen, like this: /dev/sdb1
.