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cfdisk — Manage partition tables and partitions on a hard disk using a curses UI. See also: `parted`. More in

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Problem

How to use the cfdisk command: Manage partition tables and partitions on a hard disk using a curses UI. See also: parted. More information: <https://manned.org/cfdisk>.

Solution

cfdisk — Manage partition tables and partitions on a hard disk using a curses UI. See also: parted. More information: <https://manned.org/cfdisk>.

Start the partition manipulator with a specific device:

sudo cfdisk {{/dev/sdX}}

Create a new partition table for a specific device and manage it:

sudo cfdisk {{[-z|--zero]}} {{/dev/sdX}}

Code Snippets

Start the partition manipulator with a specific device

sudo cfdisk {{/dev/sdX}}

Create a new partition table for a specific device and manage it

sudo cfdisk {{[-z|--zero]}} {{/dev/sdX}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/cfdisk

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