# rpk cluster partitions move

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title: rpk cluster partitions move
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description: Move partition replicas across nodes / cores. This command changes replica assignments for given partitions.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/26.1/reference/rpk/rpk-cluster/rpk-cluster-partitions-move.md -->

Move partition replicas across nodes / cores.

This command changes replica assignments for given partitions. By default, it assumes the `kafka` namespace, but you can specify an internal namespace using the `{namespace}/` prefix.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk cluster partitions move [flags]
```

## [](#examples)Examples

This section provides examples of how to use `rpk cluster partitions move`.

### [](#basic-replica-movement)Basic replica movement

Move partition 0 to brokers 1,2,3 and partition 1 to brokers 2,3,4 for topic foo

```bash
rpk cluster partitions move foo --partition 0:1,2,3 -p 1:2,3,4
```

### [](#specifying-cores)Specifying cores

Move replicas to specific cores on brokers

```bash
rpk cluster partitions move foo -p 0:1-0,2-0,3-0
```

### [](#multi-topic-movement)Multi-topic movement

Move partitions across different topics and namespaces

```bash
rpk cluster partitions move -p foo/0:1,2,3 -p kafka_internal/tx/0:1-0,2-0,3-0
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --format | string | Output format (json,yaml,text,wide,help). |
| -p, --partition | stringArray | Topic partitions to move and new replica locations (repeatable). |

## [](#global-flags)Global flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --config | string | Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are ~/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. |
| -X, --config-opt | stringArray | Override rpk configuration settings; -X help for detail or -X list for terser detail. |
| --ignore-profile | bool | Ignore rpk.yaml and redpanda.yaml; use default settings. |
| --profile | string | rpk profile to use. |
| -v, --verbose | bool | Enable verbose logging. |