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# lvextend
> Increase the size of a logical volume.
> See also: `lvm`.
> More information: <https://manned.org/lvextend>.
- Increase a volume's size to 120 GB:
`sudo lvextend {{[-L|--size]}} {{120G}} {{logical_volume}}`
- Increase a volume's size by 40 GB as well as the underlying filesystem:
`sudo lvextend {{[-L|--size]}} +{{40G}} {{[-r|--resizefs]}} {{logical_volume}}`
- Increase a volume's size to 100% of the free physical volume space:
`sudo lvextend {{[-l|--extents]}} +{{100}}%FREE {{logical_volume}}`
- Increase a volume's size to 100% of the free physical volume space and resize the underlying filesystem:
`sudo lvextend {{[-l|--extents]}} +{{100}}%FREE {{[-r|--resizefs]}} {{logical_volume}}`