Linux blockdev Command

What is Linux blockdev Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use blockdev command in Linux. blockdev command is blockdev - call block device ioctls from the command line.

blockdev Syntax#

blockdev [-q] [-v] command [command...] device [device...]
blockdev --report [device...]
blockdev -h|-V

blockdev Examples#

blockdev Command Manual / Help#

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

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

man blockdev

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

info blockdev

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

blockdev --help

Linux blockdev Command Source Code#

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

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