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How to format an SD card in Linux

As I was working on a tutorial about installing Raspbian on Raspberry Pi 3, I realized that I had to format the Micro SD card with fat32 partition. Another tutorial was in order!Since different desktop environments use different tools to perform the same task, I resorted to one method that can be consistent across desktop environments: command line.So here is how you format an SD card, USB drive or Micro SD card with fat32 file system from the command line in Linux.RELATED: 11 pointless but awesome Linux terminal tricks 1. Plug in your removable flash drive and run the ‘lsblk’ command to identify the device.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here