losetup

linux

Set up and control loop devices.

Options (6)

-a, --allboolean

List loop devices with detailed info

Example: losetup {{[-a|--all]}}

-P, --partscanboolean

Attach a file to a new free loop device and scan the device for partitions

Example: sudo losetup --show {{[-P|--partscan]}} {{[-f|--find]}} /{{path/to/file}}

-f, --findboolean

Attach a file to a new free loop device and scan the device for partitions

Example: sudo losetup --show {{[-P|--partscan]}} {{[-f|--find]}} /{{path/to/file}}

-r, --read-onlyboolean

Attach a file to a read-only loop device

Example: sudo losetup {{[-r|--read-only]}} {{/dev/loop}} /{{path/to/file}}

-D, --detach-allboolean

Detach all loop devices

Example: sudo losetup {{[-D|--detach-all]}}

-d, --detachboolean

Detach a given loop device

Example: sudo losetup {{[-d|--detach]}} {{/dev/loop}}

List loop devices with detailed info

losetup [-a|--all]

Attach a file to a given loop device

sudo losetup /dev/loop /path/to/file

Attach a file to a new free loop device and scan the device for partitions

sudo losetup --show [-P|--partscan] [-f|--find] /path/to/file

Attach a file to a read-only loop device

sudo losetup [-r|--read-only] /dev/loop /path/to/file

Detach all loop devices

sudo losetup [-D|--detach-all]

Detach a given loop device

sudo losetup [-d|--detach] /dev/loop