util-linux
March 2014
util-linux
Miscellaneous system utilities for Linux
NAME
findfs - find a filesystem by label or UUID
SYNOPSIS
findfs NAME=value
DESCRIPTION
findfs will search the block devices in the system looking for a filesystem or partition with specified tag. The currently supported tags are:
| LABEL=<label> | |
| Specifies filesystem label. | |
| UUID=<uuid> | |
| Specifies filesystem UUID. | |
| PARTUUID=<uuid> | |
| Specifies partition UUID. This partition identifier is supported for example for GUID Partition Table (GPT) partition tables. | |
| PARTLABEL=<label> | |
| Specifies partition label (name). The partition labels are supported for example for GUID Partition Table (GPT) or MAC partition tables. | |
| If the filesystem or partition is found, the device name will be printed on stdout.
The complete overview about filesystems and partitions you can get for example by
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lsblk --fs
partx --show <disk>
blkid
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EXIT STATUS
| 0 | success |
| 1 | label or uuid cannot be found |
| 2 | usage error, wrong number of arguments or unknown option |
AUTHOR
findfs was originally written by Theodore Ts’o and re-written for the util-linux package by Karel Zak
ENVIRONMENT
| LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all | enables libblkid debug output. |
AVAILABILITY
The findfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive
