parted

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

  • Start interactive mode with the specified disk selected:

sudo parted /dev/sdX

  • 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

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