fdisk

List partitions

$ sudo fdisk -l

$ sudo fdisk [/dev/sdX]

fdisk [-l] [-u] [-s partition] [device]

fdisk is a dialog-driven program for managing partition tables and partitions on storage drives. It supports MBR, GPT, SGI, and Sun partition tables.

-l, --list

List partition tables for all devices or specified device

Display units in sectors (default) or cylinders

Print size of partition in 512-byte sectors

Specify physical and logical sector size

Specify compatibility mode (dos or nondos)

Colorize output

Specify disk label type (dos, gpt, sgi, sun)

m: Display help menu
p: Print partition table
n: Create new partition
d: Delete partition
t: Change partition type
l: List known partition types
w: Write changes and exit
q: Quit without saving changes
g: Create new GPT partition table
o: Create new DOS partition table

Dangerous: Changes are written when you press 'w'. Double-check before writing. Use parted for partitions larger than 2TB or for GPT tables.

Part of util-linux package. Based on the original fdisk from Minix and early Linux. One of the oldest Linux disk partitioning tools.

parted(8), cfdisk(8), gdisk(8), sfdisk(8), partprobe(8)