parted

A partition manipulation program.

See also: `partprobe`.

• 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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