How to Format USB Flash Drive in Linux Terminal for Windows (FAT32, NTFS) and Linux (EXT4)

Detect the flash drive using
lsblk

To show selected disk output type
lsblk -f /dev/sd*

To format the usb disk, first unmount the disk from computer
sudo umount /dev/sdb1

Wipe out all the existing filesystem on the disk
sudo wipefs -a /dev/sdb

create disk partition table
sudo cfdisk /dev/sdb

Format the flash drive to windows compatible filesystem (FAT32)
sudo mkfs.vfat -n "USBFAT32" /dev/sdb1

Format the flash drive to windows compatible filesystem (NTFS)
sudo mkntfs -Q -L "USBNTFS" /dev/sdb1

Format the flash drive to Linux based filesystem (EXT4)
sudo mkfs.ext4 -L "USBEXT4" /dev/sdb1

Safely remove the flash drive
sudo eject /dev/sdb


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