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## NAME
       luksformat - Create and format an encrypted LUKS device

## SYNOPSIS
       **luksformat** [**-t** _fstype_] _device_ [ mkfs options ]

## DESCRIPTION
       **luksformat** is a wrapper around **cryptsetup** and **mkfs** which provides an easy interface for
       creating an encrypted device that follows the LUKS standard and for putting a file system
       onto the encrypted device.

       The default file system is **vfat** since that is most commonly used on removable devices.
       However, you can specify any available file system with the **-t** option.

## SEE ALSO
       [**cryptsetup**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/cryptsetup/8/markdown), [**mkfs**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mkfs/8/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       This program was written by Martin Pitt <<martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>>.



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