parted: Invoking Parted

 
 2.3 Command Line Options
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 When invoked from the command line, Parted supports the following
 syntax:
 
      # parted [OPTION] DEVICE [COMMAND [ARGUMENT]]
 
   Available options and commands follow.  For detailed explanations of
 the use of Parted commands, see SeeCommand explanations.  Options
 begin with a hyphen, commands do not:
 
   Options:
 
 '-h'
 '--help'
      display a help message
 
 '-s'
 '--script'
      never prompt the user
 
 '-a alignment-type'
 '--align alignment-type'
      Set alignment for newly created partitions, valid alignment types
      are: none, cylinder, minimal and optimal.
 
 '-v'
 '--version'
      display the version