Format Disk in Linux

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lsblk

df -h

cat /etc/fstab

fdisk -l

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-using-volumes.html

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mount 

available/in-use - Status of Volumes

If Snapshot is Encrypted, Volume is also Encrypted

If Snapshot is not-Encrypted, Volume is also unEncrypted

Shred Command

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-using-volumes.html

shred -u filename

shred overrides a File's Value and then removes it - so Restore from Recycle Bin does not happen

[ec2-user ~]$ sudo file -s /dev/xvdf

/dev/xvdf: data

Create a file system on the volume - [Conditional Step]

sudo mkfs -t xfs /dev/xvdf