2.3 Command Line Options

When invoked from the command line, Parted supports the following syntax:

# parted [option] device [command [argument]]

Available options and commands follow. For detailed explanations of the use of Parted commands, see Command explanations. Options begin with a hyphen, commands do not:

Options:

‘-h’

‘--help’

display a help message

‘-s’

‘--script’

never prompt the user

‘-a alignment-type’

‘--align alignment-type’

Set alignment for newly created partitions, valid alignment types are: none, cylinder, minimal and optimal.

‘-v’

‘--version’

display the version