FINDFS(8) System Administration FINDFS(8)
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. If the input is not in the format of NAME=value, then the
input will be copied to the output without any modification.
The complete overview about filesystems and partitions you can get for
example by
lsblk --fs
partx --show <disk>
blkid
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
-V, --version
Display version and exit.
EXIT STATUS
0
success
1
label or uuid cannot be found
2
usage error, wrong number of arguments or unknown option
ENVIRONMENT
LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all
enables libblkid debug output.
AUTHORS
findfs was originally written by Theodore Ts’o <tytso@mit.edu> and
re-written for the util-linux package by Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>.
SEE ALSO
blkid(8), lsblk(8), partx(8)
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the issue tracker
<https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.
AVAILABILITY
The findfs command is part of the util-linux package which can be
downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
<https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
util-linux 2.41 2025-02-26 FINDFS(8)
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