In this tutorial we learn how to use blkdiscard commmand in Linux. blkdiscard command is blkdiscard - discard sectors on a device
In this tutorial we learn how to use blkdiscard command in Linux. blkdiscard command is blkdiscard - discard sectors on a device
blkdiscard [options] [-o offset] [-l length] deviceWe 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 blkdiscardTo open info page for blkdiscard command we can use command below.
info blkdiscardTo open help page from blkdiscard command we can run command below.
blkdiscard --helpYou can find blkdiscard command source code from the folowing repositories:
You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:
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.