partx Command Examples

Parse a partition table and tell the kernel about it. More information: https://manned.org/partx.

• List the partitions on a block device or disk image:

sudo partx {{[-l|--list]}} {{path/to/device_or_disk_image}}

• Add all the partitions found in a given block device to the kernel:

sudo partx {{[-a|--add]}} {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/device_or_disk_image}}

• Delete all the partitions found from the kernel (does not alter partitions on disk):

sudo partx {{[-d|--delete]}} {{path/to/device_or_disk_image}}