====== wipefs ======

  * [[Filesystems]]

''wipefs'' can remove signatures, labels, and RAID info from block devices. In some cases, ''gdisk'' will recommend using it.

By default, will show them:

<code>
/sbin/wipefs /dev/sdc
</code>

From a USB drive imaged with an Ubuntu ''.img'' file:

<code>
offset               type
----------------------------------------------------------------
0x1fe                dos   [partition table]

0x8001               iso9660   [filesystem]
                     LABEL: Ubuntu-Server 16.04.2 LTS i386
                     UUID:  2017-02-15-20-43-45-00
</code>