debugfs 1.47.4 (6-Mar-2025)
/usr/bin/debugfs: invalid option -- '-'
/usr/bin/debugfs: Usage: debugfs [-b blocksize] [-s superblock] [-f cmd_file] [-R request] [-d data_source_device] [-i] [-n] [-D] [-V] [[-w] [-z undo_file] [-c]] [device]
Options (12)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-w | Specifies that the file system should be opened in read-write mode. | man |
-n | Disables metadata checksum verification. | man |
-c | Specifies that the file system should be opened in catastrophic mode, in which the inode and group bitmaps are not read initially. | man |
-i | Specifies that device represents an ext2 image file created by the e2image program. | man |
-d data_source_device | Used with the -i option, specifies that data_source_device should be used when reading blocks not found in the ext2 image file. | man |
-b blocksize | Forces the use of the given block size (in bytes) for the file system, rather than detecting the correct block size automatically. | man |
-s superblock | Causes the file system superblock to be read from the given block number, instead of using the primary superblock (located at an offset of 1024 bytes from the beginning of the file system). | man |
-f cmd_file | Causes debugfs to read in commands from cmd_file, and execute them. | man |
-D | Causes debugfs to open the device using Direct I/O, bypassing the buffer cache. | man |
-R request | Causes debugfs to execute the single command request, and then exit. | man |
-V | print the version number of debugfs and exit. | man |
-z undo_file | Before overwriting a file system block, write the old contents of the block to an undo file. | man |
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