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Format External Hard Drive
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format-hard-drive.sh
# basic usage
diskutil eraseDisk FILE_SYSTEM DISK_NAME DISK_IDENTIFIER
#Formatting a Disk to Mac OS Extended Journaled (JHFS+) from Terminal in Mac OS X
diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ DiskName /dev/DiskNodeID
#Formatting a Disk to Mac OS Extended (HFS+) from Terminal in Mac OS X
diskutil eraseDisk HFS+ DiskName /dev/DiskNodeID
#Formatting a Disk to MS-DOS fat32 from the Command Line in Mac OS X
diskutil eraseDisk FAT32 DiskName /dev/DiskNodeID
#Formatting a Disk to ExFAT from the Command Line in Mac OS X
diskutil eraseDisk ExFAT DiskName /dev/DiskNodeID
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