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parted

A partition manipulation program. See also: partprobe. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html.

• 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}}