Disk Commands

parted Linux Command

Disk partitioning tool (supports GPT and MBR partition tables).

What does parted do?

Disk partitioning tool (supports GPT and MBR partition tables).

parted [options] device

sudo parted -l

Displays block device attributes including UUID and filesystem type.

Interactive disk usage analyzer with a terminal UI (ncurses-based).

Copies and converts raw data at the block level (disk cloning, bootable USB creation).

Reports disk space usage for all mounted filesystems (human-readable with -h).

Checks and optionally repairs a filesystem for errors.

Estimates file and directory space usage (disk usage).