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    Partitioning disks from the command line

    Dec 15, 2020 4 minutes

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    Shashank Sharma

    is a trial lawyer in Delhi and an avid Arch user. He’s always on the hunt for pocket friendly geeky memorabilia..

    QUICK TIP

    Commands in the command-mode are context sensitive. This means that the ‘L’ command to list all supported filesystem types won’t work from the main command mode of fdisk. You must first type ‘t’ to change the type and only then can you use the ‘L’ command.

    Despite the constant push for user-friendly and intuitive graphical applications over the past decade, command-line utilities remain popular for performing a vast number of tasks. Whether its cloning your disk, transferring files across the network, communicating with peers,

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