fsck
Check the integrity of a filesystem or repair it. The filesystem should be unmounted at the time the command is run. More information: https://manned.org/fsck.
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Check filesystem
/dev/sdXN, reporting any damaged blocks:
sudo fsck {{/dev/sdXN}} -
Check filesystem
/dev/sdXN, reporting any damaged blocks and interactively letting the user choose to repair each one:
sudo fsck -r {{/dev/sdXN}} -
Check filesystem
/dev/sdXN, reporting any damaged blocks and automatically repairing them:
sudo fsck -a {{/dev/sdXN}}
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