shred:ai:b8ec0
low level format usb drive
$ shred -n 0 -z -v /dev/sdX
try on your machine
This command performs a low-level format on the USB drive (/dev/sdX) using the 'shred' utility. 'shred' overwrites the entire drive with zeros (-n 0) and then with random data (-z) to ensure data is unrecoverable. The '-v' flag enables verbose output.
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