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tool overview

command line tools

looking up partition info

(sudo) fdisk /dev/sdb

opens a prompt: 

m: help
p: print partition table
i: print info on a partition

manipulating partition table

(sudo) fdisk /dev/sdb

opens a prompt: 

d: delete partition
n: add partition

creating file system (formatting)

First, create partition. That will create device, e.g. /dev/sdb1

Then use mkfs.TYPE, e.g.: 

(sudo) mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1

graphical tools