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parted

A partition manipulation program. See also: partprobe. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html.
  • List partitions on all block devices:
    sudo parted --list
  • Start interactive mode with the specified disk selected:
    sudo parted {{/dev/sdX}}
  • 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}}
  • Show partition information in interactive mode:
    print
  • Select a disk in interactive mode:
    select {{/dev/sdX}}
  • 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}}
  • Resize a partition in interactive mode:
    resizepart {{/dev/sdXN}} {{end_position_of_partition}}
  • Remove a partition in interactive mode:
    rm {{/dev/sdXN}}

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