parted
A partition manipulation program.
See also: partprobe
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More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html.
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List partitions on all block devices:
sudo parted --list
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Start interactive mode with the specified disk selected:
sudo parted {{/dev/sdX}}
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Create a new partition table of the specified label-type:
sudo parted --script {{/dev/sdX}} mklabel {{aix|amiga|bsd|dvh|gpt|loop|mac|msdos|pc98|sun}}
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Show partition information in interactive mode:
print
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Select a disk in interactive mode:
select {{/dev/sdX}}
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Create a 16 GB partition with the specified filesystem in interactive mode:
mkpart {{primary|logical|extended}} {{btrfs|ext2|ext3|ext4|fat16|fat32|hfs|hfs+|linux-swap|ntfs|reiserfs|udf|xfs}} {{0%}} {{16G}}
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Resize a partition in interactive mode:
resizepart {{/dev/sdXN}} {{end_position_of_partition}}
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Remove a partition in interactive mode:
rm {{/dev/sdXN}}
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