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blkdiscard: Discard the first 100 MB of a device.

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$ blkdiscard --length ${100MB} /dev/${device}

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The command "blkdiscard --length ${100MB} /dev/${device}" is used to discard the specified amount of data from a block device in Linux.

Here's a breakdown of the command:

"blkdiscard" is a utility command in Linux used to discard (or trim) blocks of data on a specified block device.
"--length ${100MB}" is an option in blkdiscard used to specify the length or size of data to be discarded. In this case, "${100MB}" is a placeholder that would be replaced with the actual value representing 100 megabytes (MB) of data.
"/dev/${device}" is the device path for the block device from which you want to discard the data. "${device}" is another placeholder that should be replaced with the actual name or identifier of the device.

So essentially, this command would discard a specified amount of data from the block device identified by "/dev/${device}". Make sure to replace "${100MB}" and "${device}" with their appropriate values for the command to work correctly.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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