Linux addpart Command

What is Linux addpart Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use addpart command in Linux. addpart command is addpart - tell the kernel about the existence of a partition.

addpart Syntax#

addpart device partition start length

addpart Examples#

addpart Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of addpart command. addpart command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for addpart command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man addpart

To open info page for addpart command we can use command below.

info addpart

To open help page from addpart command we can run command below.

addpart --help

Linux addpart Command Source Code#

You can find addpart command source code from the folowing repositories:

• addpart source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use addpart in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.