partprobe

Re-read partition tables

medium risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain

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⚠ Risks & cautions

Can disrupt devices in use; prefer partx -u.

What it does

Informs the kernel of partition changes.

Examples

partprobe /dev/sdbRe-read · explain & risk-check →

Related

Open the full explainer →More in Disks & Filesystems

Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man partprobe for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.