linux partition

fdisk command line utility is used to view and manage hard disks and partitions on Linux systems.

Commonly used fdisk commands.

n – Create partition
p – print partition table
d – delete a partition
q – exit without saving the changes
w – write the changes and exit.

Display disk cylinders | View all existing disk partitions | command to list the partitions | View all Disk Partitions in Linux | List Partitions
```
fdisk -l
```
View partitions of a specific hard disk (for example, vda)
```
fdisk -l /dev/vda
```
To get more information detailed and size readable by human of a specific hard disk.
```
partx -s /dev/vda
```
Delete a hard disk partition
If you would like to combine several partitions (for example, /dev/vda2 and /dev/vda3) into a single disk partition, you have to first delete all those individual partitions, as shown below.
```
fdisk /dev/vda
```
Then
```
Command (m for help): p
```
Then
```
Command (m for help): d
```
Then
```
Partition number (1-5): 3
```
Then
```
Command (m for help): d
```
Then
```
Partition number (1-5): 2
```
Then
```
Command (m for help): w
```
Create a new disk partition
```
fdisk /dev/sda
```
```
Command (m for help): n
```

Expand the Existing Partition | Linux