tldr/pages/linux/parted.md

parted

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

• List partitions on all block devices:

sudo parted --list

• Start to manipulate disk partition:

sudo parted {{/dev/sdX}}

• Create a new partition table of label-type directly, label-type can be gpt, msdos etc:

sudo parted --script {{/dev/sdX}} mklabel {{gpt}}

• Show disk partition information in interactive mode:

print

• Select a disk in interactive mode:

select {{/dev/sdX}}

• Interactively create a 16GB partition with a given filesystem:

mkpart {{primary|logical|extended}} {{filesystem}} {{0%}} {{16G}}

• Resize partition size:

resizepart {{/dev/sdXN}} {{end_position_of_partition}}

• Remove partition:

rm {{/dev/sdXN}}