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dumpe2fs:tldr:d256e
dumpe2fs: Display ext2, ext3 and ext4 filesystem information.
$ dumpe2fs ${-dev-sdXN}
try on your machine
This command is used to dump/extact information about the ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems. Here's how the command is structured:
dumpe2fs
is the command itself.${-dev-sdXN}
is a placeholder for the device name and partition number of the file system you want to examine.
In practice, you would replace ${-dev-sdXN}
with the actual device name and partition number, such as /dev/sda1
.
For example, if you want to extract information about the file system on /dev/sda1
, you would use dumpe2fs /dev/sda1
.
This command will provide detailed information about the specific file system, including the block count, block size, inode count, and various other attributes.
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.