Linux blkdiscard Command

What is Linux blkdiscard Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use blkdiscard command in Linux. blkdiscard command is blkdiscard - discard sectors on a device.

blkdiscard Syntax#

blkdiscard [options] [-o offset] [-l length] device

blkdiscard Examples#

blkdiscard Command Manual / Help#

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

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

man blkdiscard

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

info blkdiscard

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

blkdiscard --help

Linux blkdiscard Command Source Code#

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

• blkdiscard 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 blkdiscard in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.