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The fdisk command

The fdisk command is used for controlling the disk partition table and making changes to it and this is a list of some of options provided by it :

  • Organize space for new drives.
  • Modify old drives.
  • Create space for new partitions.
  • Move data to new partitions.

Examples:

  1. To view basic details about all available partitions on the system:
fdisk -l
  1. To show the size of the partition:
fdisk -s /dev/sda
  1. To view the help message and all options of the command:
fdisk -h

Syntax:

fdisk [options] device

Some of the command options:

On writing the following command

fdisk /dev/sdb

the following window appears : Options and then you type m which will show you all options you need such as creating new partition and deleting a partition as in the following picture : Options