Sfdisk Explained

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. GParted.

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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oy. Seravo. 2019-05-17. Partition like a pro with fdisk, sfdisk and cfdisk. 2021-06-26. Linux-natives. en.
2. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/tree/disk-utils/sfdisk.c sfdisk.c in util-linux.git
3. Web site: Ubuntu Manpage: sfdisk - display or manipulate a disk partition table. 2021-06-26. manpages.ubuntu.com.