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-.\" partx.8 --
-.\" Copyright 2007 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
-.\" Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
-.\" Copyright 2010 Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
-.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
-.TH PARTX "8" "June 2012" "util-linux" "System Administration"
-.SH NAME
-partx \- tell the Linux kernel about the presence and numbering of
-on-disk partitions
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-partx [\-a|\-d|\-s] [\-t TYPE] [\-n M:N] [\-] disk
-.br
-partx [\-a|\-d|\-s] [\-t TYPE] partition [disk]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-Given a device or disk-image,
-.B partx
-tries to parse the partition table and list its contents. It
-optionally adds or removes partitions.
-.PP
-The
-.I disk
-argument is optional when a
-.I partition
-argument is provided. To force scanning a partition as if it were a whole disk
-(for example to list nested subpartitions), use the argument "-". For example:
-
-.RS 7
-.TP
-partx \-\-show \- /dev/sda3
-.RE
-.PP
-This will see sda3 as a whole-disk rather than a partition.
-.PP
-The
-.B partx is not an fdisk program
-\-\- adding and removing partitions does not change the disk, it just
-tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
-partitions.
-.SH OPTIONS
-.IP "\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-add\fP"
-Add the specified partitions, or read the disk and add all partitions.
-.IP "\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fP"
-Print the SIZE column in bytes rather than in human-readable format.
-.IP "\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-delete\fP"
-Delete the specified partitions or all partitions.
-.IP "\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-noheadings\fP"
-Do not print a header line.
-.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP"
-Print a help text and exit.
-.IP "\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fP"
-List the partitions. Note that all numbers are in 512-byte sectors.
-This output format is DEPRECATED in favour of
-.BR \-\-show .
-Do not use it in newly written scripts.
-.IP "\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output \fIlist\fP"
-Define the output columns to use for
-.B \-\-show
-and
-.B \-\-raw
-output. If no output arrangement is specified, then a default set is
-used. Use
-.B \-\-help
-to get
-.I list
-of all supported columns. This option cannot be combined with
-.BR \-\-add ,
-.B \-\-delete
-or
-.B \-\-list
-options.
-.IP "\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-pairs\fP"
-Output using key="value" format.
-.IP "\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-nr \fIM:N\fP"
-Specify the range of partitions. For backward compatibility also the
-format
-.I M-N
-is supported. The range may contain negative numbers, for example
-.BI \-\-nr \ :\-1
-means the last partition, and
-.BI \-\-nr \ \-2:\-1
-means the last two partitions. Supported range specifications are:
-.RS 14
-.TP
-.I M
-Specifies just one partition (e.g. \fB\-\-nr\fR
-.IR 3 ).
-.TP
-.I M:
-Specifies lower limit only (e.g. \fB\-\-nr\fR
-.IR 2: ).
-.TP
-.I :N
-Specifies upper limit only (e.g. \fB\-\-nr\fR
-.IR :4 ).
-.TP
-.IR M:N \ or
-.TQ
-.I M-N
-Specifies lower and upper limits (e.g. \fB--nr\fR
-.IR 2:4 ).
-.RE
-.IP "\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-raw\fP"
-Use the raw output format.
-.IP "\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-show\fP"
-List the partitions. All numbers (except SIZE) are in 512-byte
-sectors. The output columns can be rearranged with the
-.B \-\-output
-option.
-.IP "\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-type \fItype\fP"
-Specify the partition table type
-.IR aix ,
-.IR bsd ,
-.IR dos ,
-.IR gpt ,
-.IR mac ,
-.IR minix ,
-.IR sgi ,
-.IR solaris_x86 ,
-.IR sun ,
-.I ultrix
-or
-.IR unixware .
-.IP "\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fP"
-Verbose mode.
-.SH EXAMPLES
-.TP
-partx \-\-show /dev/sdb3
-.TQ
-partx \-\-show --nr 3 /dev/sdb
-.TQ
-partx \-\-show /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdb
-All three commands list partition 3 of /dev/sdb.
-.TP
-partx \-\-show \- /dev/sdb3
-Lists all subpartitions on /dev/sdb3 (the device is used as
-whole-disk).
-.TP
-partx \-o START -g --nr 5 /dev/sdb
-Prints the start sector of partition 5 on /dev/sdb without header.
-.TP
-partx \-o SECTORS,SIZE /dev/sda5 /dev/sda
-Lists the length in sectors and human-readable size of partition 5 on
-/dev/sda.
-.TP
-partx \-\-add --nr 3:5 /dev/sdd
-Adds all available partitions from 3 to 5 (inclusive) on /dev/sdd.
-.TP
-partx \-d --nr :-1 /dev/sdd
-Removes the last partition on /dev/sdd.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR addpart (8),
-.BR delpart (8),
-.BR fdisk (8),
-.BR parted (8),
-.BR partprobe (8)
-.SH AUTHORS
-.MT dave@gnu.org
-Davidlohr Bueso
-.ME
-.br
-.MT kzak@redhat.com
-Karel Zak
-.ME
-.PP
-The original version was written by
-.MT aeb@cwi.nl
-Andries E. Brouwer
-.ME .
-.SH ENVIRONMENT
-.IP LIBBLKID_DEBUG=0xffff
-enables debug output.
-.SH AVAILABILITY
-The partx command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
-.UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
-Linux Kernel Archive
-.UE .
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