How to view unallocated free space on a hard disk through terminal [closed]

Question

I want to view the unallocated free space on my hard disk through terminal. I've burned my brains searching the internet for a possible solution, but all in vain.

I used all sorts of commands like df, du, fdisk, parted, etc. It tells me about the disks that are mounted and unmounted, but what about the unallocated space that I've left free?

Of course I can view it using the 'Disk Utility' app provided by Fedora, but since I LOVE being in the terminal I'd like to view in it.

Can anyone please help me with a solution?

Answer 1

Use GNU parted and print free command:

root@sandbox:~# parted GNU Parted 2.3 Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) print free Model: VMware Virtual disk (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 64.4GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos  Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags         32.3kB  1049kB  1016kB            Free Space  1      1049kB  256MB   255MB   primary   ext2         boot         256MB   257MB   1048kB            Free Space  2      257MB   64.4GB  64.2GB  extended  5      257MB   64.4GB  64.2GB  logical                lvm         64.4GB  64.4GB  1049kB            Free Space 

Answer 2

To see in TB:

# parted /dev/sda unit TB print free | grep 'Free Space' | tail -n1 | awk '{print $3}'

To see in GB:

# parted /dev/sda unit GB print free | grep 'Free Space' | tail -n1 | awk '{print $3}'

To see in MB:

# parted /dev/sda unit MB print free | grep 'Free Space' | tail -n1 | awk '{print $3}'

To see in bytes:

# parted /dev/sda unit B print free | grep 'Free Space' | tail -n1 | awk '{print $3}'

To see in %:

# parted /dev/sda unit '%' print free | grep 'Free Space' | tail -n1 | awk '{print $3}'

To see in sectors:

# parted /dev/sda unit s print free | grep 'Free Space' | tail -n1 | awk '{print $3}'

Change /dev/sda to whatever device you are trying to find the information about. If you are using the result in any calculations, make sure to trim the trailing characters.