Solution to Bash partprobe command not found error

What is partprobe? It is the tool that requests the operating system to re-read the partition table and informs the operating system kernel of the partition table changes. It is an unsafe vehicle. It is possible that you will receive the following error while performing disk expansion operations.

Error: -bash: partprobe: command not found

If you use the following command instead of partprobe to solve the error, it will perform the same function. Partx is also recommended by Red Hat.

partx -v -a /dev/sda

What is partx: It provides information to the kernel about the existence and numbering of partitions on the disk.