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 Parted Session Commands. Options begin with a hyphen, commands do not:

Options:

-h
--help

display a help message

-l
--list

lists partition layout on all block devices

-m
--machine

display output in machine parseable format

-j
--json

display output in JSON format

-s
--script

never prompt the user

-f
--fix

automatically answer exceptions with "fix" in script mode, which is useful for: GPT header not including full disk size; moving the backup GPT table to the end of the disk; MAC fix missing partition map entry; etc.

-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