btrfs-inspect-internal:tldr:10962

The command "sudo btrfs inspect-internal dump-tree ${path-to-partition}" is used to inspect and display information about the Btrfs filesystem tree structure on a specified partition.

Here is a breakdown of the command:

• "sudo": It is a command used in Unix-like systems to run another command with administrative or superuser privileges. It enables executing commands as the "root" user or any other user with sufficient privileges.

• "btrfs": It refers to the Btrfs (B-Tree File System) utility, which is a modern filesystem for Linux that provides advanced features like snapshots, scalability, and data integrity.

• "inspect-internal": It is a subcommand of "btrfs" used to access internal inspection tools specific to Btrfs.

• "dump-tree": This subcommand is used to analyze and display the Btrfs filesystem tree structure in a human-readable format.

• "${path-to-partition}": It is a placeholder for the actual path to the partition you want to inspect. You need to replace "${path-to-partition}" with the actual path or device name of the partition you wish to examine.

By executing this command with administrative privileges, it will retrieve and print the detailed layout and hierarchy of the Btrfs filesystem tree for the specified partition, including information about metadata and file data blocks, directories, file inodes, and other components of the filesystem structure.