partprobe Command Examples

Notify the operating system kernel of partition table changes. More information: https://manned.org/partprobe.

• Notify the operating system kernel of partition table changes:

sudo partprobe

• Notify the kernel of partition table changes and show a summary of devices and their partitions:

sudo partprobe --summary

• Show a summary of devices and their partitions but don't notify the kernel:

sudo partprobe --summary --dry-run