Control Loop Devices with losetup | Online Free DevTools by Hexmos

Control and manage loop devices with the losetup command. Create, attach, and detach loop devices easily and efficiently. Free online tool, no registration required.

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Set up and control loop devices. More information: https://manned.org/losetup.

  • 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}}