RESIZEPART(8) System Administration RESIZEPART(8)

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

resizepart device partition length

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.

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.

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

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

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/.

2025-03-29 util-linux 2.41