LUKSFORMAT(8)

💖 LUKSFORMAT(8) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the luksformat manual page — yes that's luksformat(8), the administrative-commands girlie, and she is lowkey a lifesaver once you get to know her 🫶

---

✨ NAME ✨

luksformat — create and format an encrypted LUKS device 🔐💅

---

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

luksformat [-t fstype] device [ mkfs options ]

---

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so luksformat is literally a wrapper around cryptsetup and mkfs, and the whole point of her existence is giving you an easy interface for two things, bestie:

1. creating an encrypted device that follows the LUKS standard 🔐✨
2. putting a file system onto that encrypted device 🌈

The default file system is vfat, because that's the one most commonly used on removable devices (iykyk, USB sticks stay winning 🍓). But here's the thing — you can specify any available file system with the -t option. any of them. no cap. periodt 👑

---

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• cryptsetup(8)
• mkfs(8)

go read those too, they're the supporting cast and they ate 💜

---

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This program was written by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>. iconic behavior honestly 🎀

---

and that's the whole vibe check, bestie — page 2:2.8.7-1ubuntu3, dated 2026-09-12, so you know this info is fresh 💖 go forth and encrypt something, mwah 💋✨