---
name: "f3brew"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "f3"
version: "9.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/f3brew"
---

# f3brew(1)

help developers to infer how fake drives work

## NAME

**f3brew** - help developers to infer how fake drives work

## SYNOPSIS

```
 f3brew [OPTION] <DISK_DEV>
```

## DESCRIPTION

F3 stands for Fight Flash Fraud, or Fight Fake Flash.

**f3brew** is useful to help developers to infer how fake drives work.

Warning: THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL.

## OPTIONS

- **-e, --end-at=BLOCK**

  Where test ends. The default is the very last block.

- **-h, --start-at=BLOCK**

  Where test begins. The default is block zero.

- **-R, --do-not-read**

  Do not read blocks.

- **-s, --reset-type=TYPE**

  Reset method to use during the probe.

- **-W, --do-not-write**

  Do not write blocks.

- **-?, --help**

  Give this help list.

- **--usage**

  Give a short usage message.

- **-V, --version**

  Print program version.

## SEE ALSO

[**f3fix**(1)](/f3fix/1.md), [**f3probe**(1)](/f3probe/1.md), [**f3read**(1)](/f3read/1.md), [**f3write**(1)](/f3write/1.md)

## AUTHOR

The F3 was written by Michel Machado \<michel@digirati.com.br\>.

This manual page was written by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho \<eriberto@debian.org\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).