fsck
Check the integrity of a filesystem or repair it. The filesystem should be unmounted at the time the command is run. It is a wrapper that callsfsck_hfs
,fsck_apfs
,fsck_msdos
,fsck_exfat
, andfsck_udf
as needed. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/fsck.html.
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Check filesystem
/dev/sdX
, reporting any damaged blocks:
fsck {{/dev/sdX}}
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Check filesystem
/dev/sdX
only if it is clean, reporting any damaged blocks and interactively letting the user choose to repair each one:
fsck -f {{/dev/sdX}}
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Check filesystem
/dev/sdX
only if it is clean, reporting any damaged blocks and automatically repairing them:
fsck -fy {{/dev/sdX}}
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Check filesystem
/dev/sdX
, reporting whether it has been cleanly unmounted:
fsck -q {{/dev/sdX}}
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