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lvm: Start the Logical Volume Manager interactive shell.

$ sudo lvm

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The sudo lvm command is used to interact with the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) in a Linux operating system.

LVM allows for flexible disk space allocation by creating logical volumes (similar to partitions) that span across physical storage devices. These logical volumes can be resized, moved, or even split across multiple disks, providing greater flexibility for managing storage in a system.

By running sudo lvm command, you are executing the LVM command with administrative privileges. Typically, this command is used along with other sub-commands, such as sudo lvm create, sudo lvm extend, sudo lvm resize, etc., to perform various operations on logical volumes, physical volumes, and volume groups managed by LVM.

It's important to note that using LVM commands requires administrative privileges, which is why sudo (superuser do) is usually used to elevate the user's privileges to perform these operations.

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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