From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD7F8C433E0 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 00:27:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F19F64F98 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 00:27:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229872AbhCGA1C (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Mar 2021 19:27:02 -0500 Received: from bee.birch.relay.mailchannels.net ([23.83.209.14]:37120 "EHLO bee.birch.relay.mailchannels.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229719AbhCGA0n (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Mar 2021 19:26:43 -0500 X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|jidanni@jidanni.org Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F588362056 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 00:26:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a11.g.dreamhost.com (100-96-17-38.trex.outbound.svc.cluster.local [100.96.17.38]) (Authenticated sender: dreamhost) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id AB4F7361F14 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 00:26:42 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|jidanni@jidanni.org Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a11.g.dreamhost.com (pop.dreamhost.com [64.90.62.162]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384) by 100.96.17.38 (trex/6.0.2); Sun, 07 Mar 2021 00:26:43 +0000 X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: dreamhost|x-authsender|jidanni@jidanni.org X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: dreamhost X-Eyes-Arch: 4702572c7833ec0b_1615076802904_2663918199 X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1615076802903:2097193185 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1615076802903 Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a11.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a11.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 622E582DC6 for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2021 16:26:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=jidanni.org; h=from:to :subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s= jidanni.org; bh=qAx7c+kr678Zaiy0/uFGlvGIfVU=; b=iS+5AgYvlKHysalb n3YQqoR6CdcSTdUNqORSQR6zaWQDHb0b4jbMfli47Gk6PsdcTesJ8pbhfpfQpX6M BlFIoP46rsPNT4hy4afsCI3pBt/2Mh7BjtBEGhv+mE2IjN3P7F3m7AydJ2hHxrPU 397YwwkFXa822J/6NPFQi/xfSFg= Received: from jidanni.org (114-41-37-222.dynamic-ip.hinet.net [114.41.37.222]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jidanni@jidanni.org) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a11.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 931AB7EF6D for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2021 16:26:41 -0800 (PST) X-DH-BACKEND: pdx1-sub0-mail-a11 From: Dan Jacobson To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Mention fdisk -l order on man page Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2021 08:05:12 +0800 Message-ID: <87o8fvrfpj.8.fsf@jidanni.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Regarding fdisk -l, the partitions are sorted # fdisk -l|grep -P /dev/\\S+\\d|sed 's/ .*//' /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 /dev/sda4 /dev/sda5 /dev/sda6 /dev/sda7 /dev/sda8 So why can't the disks also be sorted: # fdisk -l|grep Disk\ / Disk /dev/sda: 119.24 GiB, 128035676160 bytes, 250069680 sectors Disk /dev/sdb: 14.91 GiB, 16008609792 bytes, 31266816 sectors Disk /dev/sdd: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors Disk /dev/sdc: 14.46 GiB, 15525216256 bytes, 30322688 sectors Disk /dev/sdg: 3.8 GiB, 4075290624 bytes, 7959552 sectors Disk /dev/sdj: 28.84 GiB, 30963400704 bytes, 60475392 sectors Disk /dev/sdk: 29.72 GiB, 31914983424 bytes, 62333952 sectors # fdisk -l|grep Disk\ /|sort -c sort: -:4: disorder: Disk /dev/sdc: 14.46 GiB, 15525216256 bytes, 30322688 sectors Sure we can do # fdisk -l /dev/sd?|grep Disk\ / fdisk: cannot open /dev/sde: No medium found fdisk: cannot open /dev/sdf: No medium found fdisk: cannot open /dev/sdh: No medium found fdisk: cannot open /dev/sdi: No medium found Disk /dev/sda: 119.24 GiB, 128035676160 bytes, 250069680 sectors Disk /dev/sdb: 14.91 GiB, 16008609792 bytes, 31266816 sectors Disk /dev/sdc: 14.46 GiB, 15525216256 bytes, 30322688 sectors Disk /dev/sdd: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors Disk /dev/sdg: 3.8 GiB, 4075290624 bytes, 7959552 sectors Disk /dev/sdj: 28.84 GiB, 30963400704 bytes, 60475392 sectors Disk /dev/sdk: 29.72 GiB, 31914983424 bytes, 62333952 sectors But as you see, there is some noise often. OK, maybe it is just reading in physical disk/partition/device order always. OK, mention that on the man page.