30 Out 2016 How To Format USB in Linux Command Line by Ricardo Simões | posted in: Linux, Tutorials | 0 How To Format USB in Linux Command Line. Example below: quick format (-Q) with NTFS, verbose (-v), forcing (-F), and with label (-L) mkntfs -Q -v -F -L "Label Here" /dev/sdb1 Source: How To Format USB in Linux Command Line