parted command

Definition:

• It can be used to create, destroy, and resize Disk Partition. The parted command runs the GNU Parted utility.
• example:
  • sudo parted /dev/sd*
  • mklabel gpt
  • mkpart primary ext4 1MB 2000MB
  • print
  • quit
• can also format NTFS partitions

Synopsis:

• parted [options] [device [command [options...]...]]

List of options:

• help [COMMAND]: print general help, or help on COMMAND
• mklabel,mktable LABEL-TYPE: create a new disklabel (partition table)
• mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END: make a partition
• print [devices|free|list,all|NUMBER]: display the partition table, available devices, free space, all found partitions, or a particular partition
• quit: exit program
• resizepart NUMBER END: resize partition NUMBER
• rm NUMBER: delete partition NUMBER
• select DEVICE: choose the device to edit