Question: How Do I Resize a File in Linux?
Contents How Do I Shrink a File in Linux? the Gzip Command Is Very Simple to Use. You Just Type “Gzip” Followed by the Name of the File You Want to Compress...
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How do I shrink a file in Linux?
The gzip command is very simple to use. You just type “gzip” followed by the name of the file you want to compress. Unlike the commands described above, gzip will encrypt the files “in place”. In other words, the original file will be replaced by the encrypted file.
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How do I resize a file system?
Option 2
- Check if disk is available: dmesg | grep sdb.
- Check if disk is mounted: df -h | grep sdb.
- Ensure there are no other partitions on disk: fdisk -l /dev/sdb. …
- Resize the last partition: fdisk /dev/sdb. …
- Verify the partition: fsck /dev/sdb.
- Resize the filesystem: resize2fs /dev/sdb3.
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