SYNC(1) General Commands Manual SYNC(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

sync - Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**sync** \[OPTION]... FILE...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-f**, **--file-system**](#f)

sync the file systems that contain the files (Linux and Windows only)

[**-d**, **--data**](#d)

sync only file data, no unneeded metadata (Linux only)

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

Print help

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

Print version

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# [VERSION](#VERSION)

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

2026-09-30

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Document: sync(1) from uutils 0.12.0-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils