Brain fart: no format option on a pen drive pop-up menu?

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said:
> If you want to erase your drive, issue a secure erase command. It's as
> simple as that.

Is there a simple way to do that on Linux?
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.