Linux pivot_root Command

What is Linux pivot_root Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use pivot_root command in Linux. pivot_root command is pivot_root - change the root filesystem.

pivot_root Syntax#

pivot_root new_root put_old

pivot_root Examples#

pivot_root Command Manual / Help#

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

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

man pivot_root

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

info pivot_root

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

pivot_root --help

Linux pivot_root Command Source Code#

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

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