fdisk [device]
Manipulate disk partition table
Arguments
| Name | Description |
|---|
device | Device to list |
Options
| Name | Description |
|---|
--help, -h | Show help for fdisk |
--version, -V | Show version for lsblk |
--sector-size, -b <mode> | Specify the sector size of the disk |
--protect-boot, -B | Don't erase the beginning of the first disk sector when creating a new disk label |
--compatibility, -c [mode] | Specify the compatibility mode, 'dos' or 'nondos' |
--color, -L [when] | Colorize the output |
--list, -l | List the partition tables for the specified devices and then exit |
--list-details, -x | Like --list, but provides more details |
--lock [mode] | Use exclusive BSD lock for device or file it operates |
--noauto-pt, -n | Don't automatically create a default partition table on empty device |
--output, -o <list> | Desc |
--getsz, -s | Print the size in 512-byte sectors of each given block device. This option is DEPRECATED in favour of blockdev(8) |
--type, -t <type> | Enable support only for disklabels of the specified type, and disable support for all other types |
--units, -u [unit] | When listing partition tables, show sizes in 'sectors' or in 'cylinders' |
--cylinders, -C <number> | Specify the number of cylinders of the disk |
--heads, -H <number> | Specify the number of heads of the disk. (Not the physical number, of course, but the number used for partition tables.) |
--sectors, -S | Specify the number of sectors per track of the disk. (Not the physical number, of course, but the number used for partition tables.) |
--wipe, -w <when> | Wipe filesystem, RAID and partition-table signatures from the device, in order to avoid possible collisions |
--wipe-partitions, -W <when> | Wipe filesystem, RAID and partition-table signatures from a newly created partitions, in order to avoid possible collisions |