Sometimes, we want to know about file’s LBA(Logical Block Address)
in linux. Some program write file based on lba, and we want to know sometime. In that time, you can use under command. We can easily see LBA of file.
sudo hdparm --fibmap afile
The result is as follows. You can easillly get lba of file.
filesystem blocksize 4096, begins at LBA 0; assuming 512 byte sectors.
byte_offset begin_LBA end_LBA sectors
0 230284974 230284992 18