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                "content": "addpart device partition start length\n",
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                "content": "addpart tells the Linux kernel about the existence of the specified partition. The command is\na simple wrapper around the \"add partition\" ioctl.\n\nThis command doesn’t manipulate partitions on a block device.\n",
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                "content": "device\nThe disk device.\n\npartition\nThe partition number.\n\nstart\nThe beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).\n\nlength\nThe length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).\n",
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                "content": "delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)\n",
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                "content": "For bug reports, use the issue tracker at https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues.\n",
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                "content": "The addpart command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux\nKernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.\n\n\n\nutil-linux 2.37.2                            2021-06-02                                   ADDPART(8)",
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