Automate process of running bad blocks based on LBA number of errors found in smartctl

lba.rb

#!/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.2/bin/ruby

# b = (int)((L-S)*512/B)
# where:
# b = File System block number
# B = File system block size in bytes
# L = LBA of bad sector
# S = Starting sector of partition as shown by fdisk -lu and (int) denotes the integer part.

lba = ARGV[0].to_i
dev = ARGV[1] || 'add_your_device_label_here'
block_range = ARGV[2].to_i || 64
iterations = ARGV[3].to_i || 100

block_number = ((lba - 2048)*512)/4096
bb_cmd = "sudo badblocks -b 4096 -p #{iterations} -s -vw /dev/#{dev} #{block_number+block_range} #{block_number-block_range}"

puts "execute command: #{bb_cmd}? [y/N]"

run_command = $stdin.gets.chomp
if run_command == ("y" || "Y")
  `#{bb_cmd}`
else
  puts "run: #{bb_cmd}"
end