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/usr/bin/filefrag

Ext2/3/4 filesystem extra utilities

From e2fsprogs-extra 1.47.4-r5 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running filefrag --help (exit 1). permalink

/usr/bin/filefrag: invalid option -- '-'
Usage: /usr/bin/filefrag [-b{blocksize}[KMG]] [-BeEksvxX] file ...
Options (11)
OptionDescriptionSource
-BForce the use of the older FIBMAP ioctl instead of the FIEMAP ioctl for testing purposes.man
-bblocksizeUse blocksize in bytes, or with [KMG] suffix, up to 1GB for output instead of the file system blocksize.man
-ePrint output in extent format, even for block-mapped files.man
-EDisplay the contents of ext4's extent status cache.man
-kUse 1024-byte blocksize for output (identical to '-b1024').man
-PPre-load the ext4 extent status cache for the file.man
-sSync the file before requesting the mapping.man
-vBe verbose when checking for file fragmentation.man
-VPrint version number of program and library.man
-xDisplay mapping of extended attributes.man
-XDisplay extent block numbers in hexadecimal format.man

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