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.\"     Title: partx
.\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
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.\"      Date: 2023-10-23
.\"    Manual: System Administration
.\"    Source: util-linux 2.39.3
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "PARTX" "8" "2023-10-23" "util\-linux 2.39.3" "System Administration"
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.SH "NAME"
partx \- tell the kernel about the presence and numbering of on\-disk partitions
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBpartx\fP [\fB\-a\fP|\fB\-d\fP|\fB\-P\fP|\fB\-r\fP|\fB\-s\fP|\fB\-u\fP] [\fB\-t\fP \fItype\fP] [\fB\-n\fP \fIM\fP:_N_] [\-] \fIdisk\fP
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\fBpartx\fP [\fB\-a\fP|\fB\-d\fP|\fB\-P\fP|\fB\-r\fP|\fB\-s\fP|\fB\-u\fP] [\fB\-t\fP \fItype\fP] \fIpartition\fP [\fIdisk\fP]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Given a device or disk\-image, \fBpartx\fP tries to parse the partition table and list its contents. It can also tell the kernel to add or remove partitions from its bookkeeping.
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The \fIdisk\fP argument is optional when a \fIpartition\fP argument is provided. To force scanning a partition as if it were a whole disk (for example to list nested subpartitions), use the argument "\-" (hyphen\-minus). For example:
.RS 3
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partx \-\-show \- /dev/sda3
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This will see sda3 as a whole\-disk rather than as a partition.
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\fBpartx is not an fdisk program\fP \- adding and removing partitions does not change the disk, it just tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on\-disk partitions.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-a\fP, \fB\-\-add\fP
.RS 4
Add the specified partitions, or read the disk and add all partitions.
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\fB\-b\fP, \fB\-\-bytes\fP
.RS 4
Print the sizes in bytes rather than in a human\-readable format.
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By default, the unit, sizes are expressed in, is byte, and unit prefixes are in
power of 2^10 (1024). Abbreviations of symbols are exhibited truncated in order
to reach a better readability, by exhibiting alone the first letter of them;
examples: "1 KiB" and "1 MiB" are respectively exhibited as "1 K" and "1 M",
then omitting on purpose the mention "iB", which is part of these abbreviations.
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\fB\-d\fP, \fB\-\-delete\fP
.RS 4
Delete the specified partitions or all partitions. It is not error to remove non\-existing partitions, so this option is possible to use together with large \fB\-\-nr\fP ranges without care about the current partitions set on the device.
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\fB\-g\fP, \fB\-\-noheadings\fP
.RS 4
Do not print a header line with \fB\-\-show\fP or \fB\-\-raw\fP.
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\fB\-l\fP, \fB\-\-list\fP
.RS 4
List the partitions. Note that all numbers are in 512\-byte sectors. This output format is DEPRECATED in favour of \fB\-\-show\fP. Do not use it in newly written scripts.
.RE
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\fB\-n\fP, \fB\-\-nr\fP \fIM\fP\fB:\fP\fIN\fP
.RS 4
Specify the range of partitions. For backward compatibility also the format \fIM\fP\fB\-\fP\fIN\fP is supported. The range may contain negative numbers, for example \fB\-\-nr \-1:\-1\fP means the last partition, and \fB\-\-nr \-2:\-1\fP means the last two partitions. Supported range specifications are:
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\fIM\fP
.RS 4
Specifies just one partition (e.g. \fB\-\-nr 3\fP).
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\fIM\fP\fB:\fP
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Specifies the lower limit only (e.g. \fB\-\-nr 2:\fP).
.RE
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\fB:\fP\fIN\fP
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Specifies the upper limit only (e.g. \fB\-\-nr :4\fP).
.RE
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\fIM\fP\fB:\fP\fIN\fP
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Specifies the lower and upper limits (e.g. \fB\-\-nr 2:4\fP).
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\fB\-o\fP, \fB\-\-output\fP \fIlist\fP
.RS 4
Define the output columns to use for \fB\-\-show\fP, \fB\-\-pairs\fP and \fB\-\-raw\fP output. If no output arrangement is specified, then a default set is used. Use \fB\-\-help\fP to get \fIlist\fP of all supported columns. This option cannot be combined with the \fB\-\-add\fP, \fB\-\-delete\fP, \fB\-\-update\fP or \fB\-\-list\fP options.
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\fB\-\-output\-all\fP
.RS 4
Output all available columns.
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\fB\-P\fP, \fB\-\-pairs\fP
.RS 4
List the partitions using the KEY="value" format.
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\fB\-r\fP, \fB\-\-raw\fP
.RS 4
List the partitions using the raw output format.
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\fB\-s\fP, \fB\-\-show\fP
.RS 4
List the partitions. The output columns can be selected and rearranged with the \fB\-\-output\fP option. All numbers (except SIZE) are in 512\-byte sectors.
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\fB\-t\fP, \fB\-\-type\fP \fItype\fP
.RS 4
Specify the partition table type.
.RE
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\fB\-\-list\-types\fP
.RS 4
List supported partition types and exit.
.RE
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\fB\-u\fP, \fB\-\-update\fP
.RS 4
Update the specified partitions.
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\fB\-S\fP, \fB\-\-sector\-size\fP \fIsize\fP
.RS 4
Overwrite default sector size.
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\fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP
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Verbose mode.
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\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
.RS 4
Display help text and exit.
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\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
.RS 4
Print version and exit.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
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LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all
.RS 4
enables libblkid debug output.
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.SH "EXAMPLE"
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partx \-\-show /dev/sdb3, partx \-\-show \-\-nr 3 /dev/sdb, partx \-\-show /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdb
.RS 4
All three commands list partition 3 of \fI/dev/sdb\fP.
.RE
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partx \-\-show \- /dev/sdb3
.RS 4
Lists all subpartitions on \fI/dev/sdb3\fP (the device is used as whole\-disk).
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partx \-o START \-g \-\-nr 5 /dev/sdb
.RS 4
Prints the start sector of partition 5 on \fI/dev/sdb\fP without header.
.RE
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partx \-o SECTORS,SIZE /dev/sda5 /dev/sda
.RS 4
Lists the length in sectors and human\-readable size of partition 5 on \fI/dev/sda\fP.
.RE
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partx \-\-add \-\-nr 3:5 /dev/sdd
.RS 4
Adds all available partitions from 3 to 5 (inclusive) on \fI/dev/sdd\fP.
.RE
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partx \-d \-\-nr :\-1 /dev/sdd
.RS 4
Removes the last partition on \fI/dev/sdd\fP.
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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.MTO "dave\(atgnu.org" "Davidlohr Bueso" ","
.MTO "kzak\(atredhat.com" "Karel Zak" ""
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The original version was written by \c
.MTO "aeb\(atcwi.nl" "Andries E. Brouwer" ""
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBaddpart\fP(8),
\fBdelpart\fP(8),
\fBfdisk\fP(8),
\fBparted\fP(8),
\fBpartprobe\fP(8)
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c
.URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "" "."
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
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The \fBpartx\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c
.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."