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# Format2USB - Quick Way to Format USB/HDD/SDCards via Commandline
A couple of functions i created to format my drives. It will delete existing partitions and create just a single partitions that fills the whole drive, then formats it to whatever filesystem you choose.
I could of used just mkfs to format but from my experience linux likes to have at least one partition so that is why we used fdisk to create a partition before we format with mkfs.
* tutorial video: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7txO1cdNJsQ)
* offical website: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/user/gotbletu)
### install requirements
mkfs fdisk
### code
add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
#-------- Color Code {{{
#------------------------------------------------------
# LINK: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Bash/Prompt_customization&oldid=419076#List_of_colors_for_prompt_and_Bash
# Reset
Color_Off='\e[0m' # Text Reset
# Regular Colors
Black='\e[0;30m' # Black
Red='\e[0;31m' # Red
Green='\e[0;32m' # Green
Yellow='\e[0;33m' # Yellow
Blue='\e[0;34m' # Blue
Purple='\e[0;35m' # Purple
Cyan='\e[0;36m' # Cyan
White='\e[0;37m' # White
# }}}
#-------- Format USB Stick/HDD/SDCards {{{
#------------------------------------------------------
# Format USB Stick/Hard Drive
# It will create a single partition that fills the whole drive space
format2usb-ext2() {
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
echo -e "format and create a partition that fills up the whole device"
echo -e "\nUsage: $0 <label> <device>"
echo -e "Example: $0 MY_USB sdx"
return 1
fi
# check if the device is mounted
mount_status=$(mount | grep /dev/"$2" | wc -l)
if [ "$mount_status" -ne 0 ]
then
lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep "$2"
echo -e "${Red}/dev/$2 is mounted. You have to unmount /dev/$2 ${Color_Off}"
return 1
fi
# list out all drives
lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep --color -E "$2|$"
echo -n -e "${Red}WARNING: You are about to FORMAT a drive. Do you want to continue? [y/n] ${Color_Off}"
read REPLY
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
then
echo "... You chose to continue"
else
return 1
fi
# delete existing partition then create new linux partition
echo -e "d\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\no\nn\np\n1\n\n\nw" | sudo fdisk /dev/"$2"
# delete partiton x8 using d\n\n
# d delete a partition
# default, partition
# o create a new empty DOS partition table
# n add a new partition
# p print the partition table
# 1 partition number 1
# default, start immediately after preceding partition
# default, extend partition to end of disk
# w write table to disk and exit
# format device
echo -e "y\n" | sudo mkfs.ext2 -L "$1" /dev/"$2"1
# set permission
mkdir -p /tmp/testmount
sudo mount /dev/"$2"1 /tmp/testmount
sudo chmod -R 777 /tmp/testmount
sudo umount /tmp/testmount
rmdir /tmp/testmount
}
format2usb-ext3() {
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
echo -e "format and create a partition that fills up the whole device"
echo -e "\nUsage: $0 <label> <device>"
echo -e "Example: $0 MY_USB sdx"
return 1
fi
# check if the device is mounted
mount_status=$(mount | grep /dev/"$2" | wc -l)
if [ "$mount_status" -ne 0 ]
then
lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep "$2"
echo -e "${Red}/dev/$2 is mounted. You have to unmount /dev/$2 ${Color_Off}"
return 1
fi
# list out all drives
lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep --color -E "$2|$"
echo -n -e "${Red}WARNING: You are about to FORMAT a drive. Do you want to continue? [y/n] ${Color_Off}"
read REPLY
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
then
echo "... You chose to continue"
else
return 1
fi
# delete existing partition then create new linux partition
echo -e "d\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\no\nn\np\n1\n\n\nw" | sudo fdisk /dev/"$2"
# delete partiton x8 using d\n\n
# d delete a partition
# default, partition
# o create a new empty DOS partition table
# n add a new partition
# p print the partition table
# 1 partition number 1
# default, start immediately after preceding partition
# default, extend partition to end of disk
# w write table to disk and exit
# format device
echo -e "y\n" | sudo mkfs.ext3 -L "$1" /dev/"$2"1
# set permission
mkdir -p /tmp/testmount
sudo mount /dev/"$2"1 /tmp/testmount
sudo chmod -R 777 /tmp/testmount
sudo umount /tmp/testmount
rmdir /tmp/testmount
}
format2usb-ext4() {
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
echo -e "format and create a partition that fills up the whole device"
echo -e "\nUsage: $0 <label> <device>"
echo -e "Example: $0 MY_USB sdx"
return 1
fi
# check if the device is mounted
mount_status=$(mount | grep /dev/"$2" | wc -l)
if [ "$mount_status" -ne 0 ]
then
lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep "$2"
echo -e "${Red}/dev/$2 is mounted. You have to unmount /dev/$2 ${Color_Off}"
return 1
fi
# list out all drives
lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep --color -E "$2|$"
echo -n -e "${Red}WARNING: You are about to FORMAT a drive. Do you want to continue? [y/n] ${Color_Off}"
read REPLY
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
then
echo "... You chose to continue"
else
return 1
fi
# delete existing partition then create new linux partition
echo -e "d\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\no\nn\np\n1\n\n\nw" | sudo fdisk /dev/"$2"
# delete partiton x8 using d\n\n
# d delete a partition
# default, partition
# o create a new empty DOS partition table
# n add a new partition
# p print the partition table
# 1 partition number 1
# default, start immediately after preceding partition
# default, extend partition to end of disk
# w write table to disk and exit
# format device
echo -e "y\n" | sudo mkfs.ext4 -L "$1" /dev/"$2"1
# set permission
mkdir -p /tmp/testmount
sudo mount /dev/"$2"1 /tmp/testmount
sudo chmod -R 777 /tmp/testmount
sudo umount /tmp/testmount
rmdir /tmp/testmount
}
format2usb-fat32() {
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
echo -e "format and create a partition that fills up the whole device"
echo -e "\nUsage: $0 <label> <device>"
echo -e "Example: $0 MY_USB sdx"
return 1
fi
# check if the device is mounted
mount_status=$(mount | grep /dev/"$2" | wc -l)
if [ "$mount_status" -ne 0 ]
then
lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep "$2"
echo -e "${Red}/dev/$2 is mounted. You have to unmount /dev/$2 ${Color_Off}"
return 1
fi
# list out all drives
lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep --color -E "$2|$"
echo -n -e "${Red}WARNING: You are about to FORMAT a drive. Do you want to continue? [y/n] ${Color_Off}"
read REPLY
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
then
echo "... You chose to continue"
else
return 1
fi
# delete existing partition then create new linux partition
echo -e "d\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\no\nn\np\n1\n\n\nt\nb\nw" | sudo fdisk /dev/"$2"
# delete partiton x8 using d\n\n
# d delete a partition
# default, partition
# o create a new empty DOS partition table
# n add a new partition
# p print the partition table
# 1 partition number 1
# default, start immediately after preceding partition
# default, extend partition to end of disk
# t change a partition type (L to list all types)
# b W95 FAT32
# w write table to disk and exit
# fat32 likes the labels to be in uppercase
label_name=$(echo "$1" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
# format device
sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 -n "$label_name" -I /dev/"$2"1
# set permission
mkdir -p /tmp/testmount
sudo mount /dev/"$2"1 /tmp/testmount
sudo chmod -R 777 /tmp/testmount
sudo umount /tmp/testmount
rmdir /tmp/testmount
}
format2usb-ntfs() {
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
echo -e "format and create a partition that fills up the whole device"
echo -e "\nUsage: $0 <label> <device>"
echo -e "Example: $0 MY_USB sdx"
return 1
fi
# check if the device is mounted
mount_status=$(mount | grep /dev/"$2" | wc -l)
if [ "$mount_status" -ne 0 ]
then
lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep "$2"
echo -e "${Red}/dev/$2 is mounted. You have to unmount /dev/$2 ${Color_Off}"
return 1
fi
# list out all drives
lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep --color -E "$2|$"
echo -n -e "${Red}WARNING: You are about to FORMAT a drive. Do you want to continue? [y/n] ${Color_Off}"
read REPLY
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
then
echo "... You chose to continue"
else
return 1
fi
# delete existing partition then create new linux partition
echo -e "d\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\nd\n\no\nn\np\n1\n\n\nt\n7\nw" | sudo fdisk /dev/"$2"
# delete partiton x8 using d\n\n
# d delete a partition
# default, partition
# o create a new empty DOS partition table
# n add a new partition
# p print the partition table
# 1 partition number 1
# default, start immediately after preceding partition
# default, extend partition to end of disk
# t change a partition type (L to list all types)
# 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
# w write table to disk and exit
# format device
sudo mkfs.ntfs -f -L "$1" /dev/"$2"1
# set permission
mkdir -p /tmp/testmount
sudo mount /dev/"$2"1 /tmp/testmount
sudo chmod -R 777 /tmp/testmount
sudo umount /tmp/testmount
rmdir /tmp/testmount
}
# }}}
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