resizepart(8) — Linux manual page

RESIZEPART(8)             System Administration             RESIZEPART(8)

NAME         top

       resizepart - tell the kernel about the new size of a partition

SYNOPSIS         top

       resizepart device partition length

DESCRIPTION         top

       resizepart tells the Linux kernel about the new size of the
       specified partition. The command is a simple wrapper around the
       "resize partition" ioctl.

       This command doesn’t manipulate partitions on a block device.

PARAMETERS         top

       device
           The disk device.

       partition
           The partition number.

       length
           The new length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Display version and exit.

SEE ALSO         top

       addpart(8), delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8),
       partx(8)

REPORTING BUGS         top

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker
       <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY         top

       The resizepart command is part of the util-linux package which can
       be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>. This page is
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util-linux 2.42-start-521-ec46  2025-08-09                  RESIZEPART(8)

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