Resize the filesystem to a size of 40G, displaying a progress bar

resize2fs

  • Resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem.
    Does not resize the underlying partition. The filesystem may have to be unmounted first, read the man page for more details.
    More information: <https://manned.org/resize2fs>.
  • Trick copyright: tl;dr; <https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr>

resize2fs -p {{/dev/sdXN}} {{40G}}

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