parted

A partition manipulation program. See also: partprobe. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html.

• List partitions on all block devices:

sudo parted --list

• Start interactive mode with the specified disk selected:

sudo parted /dev/sdX

• Create a new partition table of the specified label-type:

sudo parted --script /dev/sdX mklabel aix|amiga|bsd|dvh|gpt|loop|mac|msdos|pc98|sun

• Show partition information in interactive mode:

print

• Select a disk in interactive mode:

select /dev/sdX

• Create a 16 GB partition with the specified filesystem in interactive mode:

mkpart primary|logical|extended btrfs|ext2|ext3|ext4|fat16|fat32|hfs|hfs+|linux-swap|ntfs|reiserfs|udf|xfs 0% 16G

• Resize a partition in interactive mode:

resizepart /dev/sdXN end_position_of_partition

• Remove a partition in interactive mode:

rm /dev/sdXN