Sfdisk

Short description: Linux partition editor

sfdisk is a Linux partition editor. In contrast to fdisk and cfdisk, sfdisk is not interactive.[1] All three programs are written in C and are part of the util-linux package of Linux utility programs.

Since sfdisk is command-driven instead of menu-driven, i.e., it reads input from standard input or from a file, it is generally used for partitioning drives from scripts or used by programs, like e.g. KDE Partition Manager.

The current sfdisk implementation uses the libfdisk library.[2] sfdisk supports MBR (DOS), GPT, SUN and SGI disk labels, but it no longer provides any functionality for CHS (Cylinder-Head-Sector) addressing since version 2.26.[3]

## See also

* format
* gpart
* parted, GParted
* diskpart
* List of disk partitioning software

## References

1. ↑ Oy, Seravo (2019-05-17). "Partition like a pro with fdisk, sfdisk and cfdisk" (in en). https://linuxnatives.net/2019/partition-like-a-pro-with-fdisk-sfdisk-and-cfdisk.
2. ↑ sfdisk.c in util-linux.git, note the "`#include <libfdisk.h>`"
Retrieved on 21 March 2021
3. ↑ "Ubuntu Manpage: sfdisk - display or manipulate a disk partition table". https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man8/sfdisk.8.html.

## External links

* Manual
* Debian Package
* sfdisk(8) - Linux man page

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