How do I reduce the size of the root file system after installation Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Issue

  • How do I reduce the size of the root file system after installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
  • resize2fs
  • lvreduce

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 ,6, 7, 8, 9

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