fdisk Command Examples

Manage partition tables and partitions on a hard disk. See also: partprobe. More information: https://manned.org/fdisk.

• List partitions:

sudo fdisk -l

• Start the partition manipulator:

sudo fdisk {{/dev/sdX}}

• Once partitioning a disk, create a partition:

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• Once partitioning a disk, select a partition to delete:

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• Once partitioning a disk, view the partition table:

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• Once partitioning a disk, write the changes made:

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• Once partitioning a disk, discard the changes made:

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• Once partitioning a disk, open a help menu:

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