Formatting a USB flash drive on Linux

Using the MKFS.NTFS command

Mkfs.ntfs--help

USAGE:MKNTFS [Options] device [number-of-sectors]

Basic options:
-F,--fast Perform a quick format
-Q,--quick Perform a quick format
-L,--label STRING Set the volume label
-C,--enable-compression enable compression on the volume
-I,--no-indexing Disable indexing on the volume
-N,--no-action do not write to disk

Advanced options:
-C,--cluster-size BYTES Specify the cluster size for the volume
-S,--sector-size BYTES Specify the sector size for the device
-P,--partition-start SECTOR Specify the partition start SECTOR
-H,--heads NUM Specify the number of heads
-S,--sectors-per-track NUM Specify the number of sectors per track
-Z,--mft-zone-multiplier NUM Set the MFT Zone multiplier
-T,--zero-time Fake the time to be 00:00 UTC, Jan 1, 1970
-F,--force force execution despite errors

Output options:
-Q,--quiet quiet execution
-V,--verbose verbose execution
--debug Very Verbose execution

Help options:
-V,--version Display version
-L,--license Display licensing information
-H,--help Display this Help

Formatting a USB flash drive on Linux