debugfs

An interactive ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem debugger. More information: <https://manned.org/debugfs>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/debugfs.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install e2fsprogs
Ubuntu
apt-get install e2fsprogs
Alpine
apk add e2fsprogs
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S e2fsprogs
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install e2fsprogs
CentOS
yum install e2fsprogs
Fedora
dnf install e2fsprogs
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install e2fsprogs
OS X
brew install e2fsprogs
Raspbian
apt-get install e2fsprogs
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/debugfs
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/debugfs debugfs powered by Commando

An interactive ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem debugger. More information: <https://manned.org/debugfs>.

  • Open the filesystem in read only mode:
    debugfs /dev/sdXN
  • Open the filesystem in read write mode:
    debugfs -w /dev/sdXN
  • Read commands from a specified file, execute them and then exit:
    debugfs -f path/to/cmd_file /dev/sdXN
  • View the filesystem stats in debugfs console:
    stats
  • Close the filesystem:
    close -a
  • List all available commands:
    lr

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