Provided by: parted_3.5-2_amd64 
NAME
parted - a partition manipulation program
SYNOPSIS
parted [options] [device [command [options...]...]]
DESCRIPTION
parted is a program to manipulate disk partitions. It supports multiple partition table
formats, including MS-DOS and GPT. It is useful for creating space for new operating
systems, reorganising disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
This manual page documents parted briefly. Complete documentation is distributed with the
package in GNU Info format.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
displays a help message
-l, --list
lists partition layout on all block devices
-m, --machine
displays machine parseable output
-j, --json
displays JSON output
-s, --script
never prompts for user intervention
-f, --fix
automatically answer "fix" to exceptions in script mode
-v, --version
displays the version
-a alignment-type, --align alignment-type
Set alignment for newly created partitions, valid alignment types are:
none Use the minimum alignment allowed by the disk type.
cylinder
Align partitions to cylinders.
minimal
Use minimum alignment as given by the disk topology information. This and
the opt value will use layout information provided by the disk to align the
logical partition table addresses to actual physical blocks on the disks.
The min value is the minimum alignment needed to align the partition
properly to physical blocks, which avoids performance degradation.
optimal
Use optimum alignment as given by the disk topology information. This aligns
to a multiple of the physical block size in a way that guarantees optimal
performance.
COMMANDS
[device]
The block device to be used. When none is given, parted will use the first block
device it finds.
[command [options]]
Specifies the command to be executed. If no command is given, parted will present
a command prompt. Possible commands are:
help [command]
Print general help, or help on command if specified.
align-check type partition
Check if partition satisfies the alignment constraint of type. type must be
"minimal" or "optimal".
mklabel label-type
Create a new disklabel (partition table) of label-type. label-type should
be one of "aix", "amiga", "bsd", "dvh", "gpt", "loop", "mac", "msdos",
"pc98", or "sun".
mkpart [part-type name fs-type] start end
Create a new partition. part-type may be specified only with msdos and dvh
partition tables, it should be one of "primary", "logical", or "extended".
name is required for GPT partition tables and fs-type is optional. fs-type
can be one of "btrfs", "ext2", "ext3", "ext4", "fat16", "fat32", "hfs",
"hfs+", "linux-swap", "ntfs", "reiserfs", "udf", or "xfs".
name partition name
Set the name of partition to name. This option works only on Mac, PC98, and
GPT disklabels. The name can be placed in double quotes, if necessary. And
depending on the shell may need to also be wrapped in single quotes so that
the shell doesn't strip off the double quotes.
print print-type
Display the partition table. print-type is optional, and can be one of
devices, free, list, or all.
quit Exit from parted.
rescue start end
Rescue a lost partition that was located somewhere between start and end.
If a partition is found, parted will ask if you want to create an entry for
it in the partition table.
resizepart partition end
Change the end position of partition. Note that this does not modify any
filesystem present in the partition.
rm partition
Delete partition.
select device
Choose device as the current device to edit. device should usually be a
Linux hard disk device, but it can be a partition, software raid device, or
an LVM logical volume if necessary.
set partition flag state
Change the state of the flag on partition to state. Supported flags are:
"boot", "root", "swap", "hidden", "raid", "lvm", "lba", "legacy_boot",
"irst", "msftres", "esp", "chromeos_kernel", "bls_boot", "linux-home",
"bios_grub", and "palo". state should be either "on" or "off".
unit unit
Set unit as the unit to use when displaying locations and sizes, and for
interpreting those given by the user when not suffixed with an explicit
unit. unit can be one of "s" (sectors), "B" (bytes), "kB", "MB", "KiB",
"MiB", "GB", "GiB", "TB", "TiB", "%" (percentage of device size), "cyl"
(cylinders), "chs" (cylinders, heads, sectors), or "compact" (megabytes for
input, and a human-friendly form for output).
toggle partition flag
Toggle the state of flag on partition.
disk_set flag state
Change a flag on the disk to state. A flag can be either "on" or "off".
Some or all of these flags will be available, depending on what disk label
you are using. Supported flags are: "pmbr_boot" on GPT to enable the boot
flag on the GPT's protective MBR partition.
disk_toggle flag
Toggle the state of the disk flag.
version
Display version information and a copyright message.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-parted@gnu.org>
SEE ALSO
fdisk(8), mkfs(8), The parted program is fully documented in the info(1) format GNU
partitioning software manual which is distributed with the parted-doc Debian package.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>, for the Debian
GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).