sfdisk

Display or manipulate a disk partition table. More information: https://manned.org/sfdisk.

  • Back up the partition layout to a file:

sudo sfdisk -d|–dump path/to/device > path/to/file.dump

  • Restore a partition layout:

sudo sfdisk path/to/device < path/to/file.dump

  • Set the type of a partition:

sfdisk --part-type path/to/device} partition_number swap

  • Delete a partition:

sfdisk --delete path/to/device partition_number

  • Display help:

sfdisk -h|–help