Is there a way to defragment on ext2/3/4 filesystem?

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Issue

  • I have used the file system which made by ext3 for a long time and I'm afraid of fragmentation on the filesystem.
  • Is there a filesystem defragmentation tool in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • ext2/3/4 filesystem

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