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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# 
+#    archboot-restore-usbstick.sh - restore usbstick to FAT32
+#    by Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
+# usage(exitvalue)
+# outputs a usage message and exits with value
+APPNAME=$(basename "${0}")
+usage()
+{
+    echo "Restoring an USB device to its original state (FAT32):"
+    echo "usage: ${APPNAME} <device>"
+    exit $1
+}
+
+##################################################
+
+[[ -z "${1}" ]] && usage
+
+### check for root
+if ! [[ ${UID} -eq 0 ]]; then 
+	echo "ERROR: Please run as root user!"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# clean partitiontable
+dd if=/dev/zero of=<DEVICE> bs=512 count=2048
+wipefs -a "$1"
+
+# create new MBR and partition on <DEVICE>
+fdisk "$1" <<EOF
+n
+p
+1
+
+
+t
+b
+w
+EOF
+# wait for partitiontable to be resynced
+sleep 5
+# create FAT32 filesystem on <device-partition>
+mkfs.vfat -F32 "$1"1