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mkfs

command used to format a block storage device with a specific file system
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mkfs

Summary

mkfs is a software category[1]. mkfs draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #150 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • mkfs's instance of is recorded as software category[3].
  • mkfs's developer is recorded as Bell Labs[4].
  • mkfs's subclass of is recorded as command-line tool[5].
  • mkfs's subclass of is recorded as utility software[6].
  • mkfs's publication date is recorded as +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • mkfs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02x44dq[8].
  • mkfs's facet of is recorded as Unix-like operating system[9].
  • mkfs's has effect is recorded as disk formatting[10].
  • mkfs's man page is recorded as mkfs.8[11].

Why It Matters

mkfs draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #150 of 263).[2] mkfs has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

Related Entities

Bell Labs Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). mkfs. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mkfs
MLA “mkfs.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mkfs.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mkfs_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{mkfs}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mkfs}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): mkfs — https://4ort.xyz/entity/mkfs (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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