1FINDMNT(8)                   System Administration                  FINDMNT(8)
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NAME

6       findmnt - find a filesystem
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SYNOPSIS

9       findmnt [options]
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11       findmnt [options] device|mountpoint
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13       findmnt [options] [--source] device [--target|--mountpoint] mountpoint
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DESCRIPTION

16       findmnt  will  list all mounted filesystems or search for a filesystem.
17       The findmnt command is able  to  search  in  /etc/fstab,  /etc/mtab  or
18       /proc/self/mountinfo.   If  device  or  mountpoint  is  not  given, all
19       filesystems are shown.
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21       The device may  be  specified  by  device  name,  major:minor  numbers,
22       filesystem  label  or  UUID,  or  partition  label  or UUID.  Note that
23       findmnt follows mount(8) behavior where a device  name  may  be  inter‐
24       preted  as  a mountpoint (and vice versa) if the --target, --mountpoint
25       or --source options are not specified.
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27       The command prints all mounted filesystems in the tree-like  format  by
28       default.
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OPTIONS

31       -A, --all
32              Disable all built-in filters and print all filesystems.
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34       -a, --ascii
35              Use ascii characters for tree formatting.
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37       -b, --bytes
38              Print the SIZE, USED and AVAIL columns in bytes rather than in a
39              human-readable format.
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41       -C, --nocanonicalize
42              Do not canonicalize paths at all.  This option affects the  com‐
43              paring of paths and the evaluation of tags (LABEL, UUID, etc.).
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45       -c, --canonicalize
46              Canonicalize all printed paths.
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48       -D, --df
49              Imitate  the  output  of  df(1).   This  option is equivalent to
50              -o SOURCE,FSTYPE,SIZE,USED,AVAIL,USE%,TARGET  but  excludes  all
51              pseudo filesystems.  Use --all to print all filesystems.
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53       -d, --direction word
54              The search direction, either forward or backward.
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56       -e, --evaluate
57              Convert  all  tags  (LABEL,  UUID, PARTUUID or PARTLABEL) to the
58              corresponding device names.
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60       -F, --tab-file path
61              Search in an alternative file.  If used with --fstab, --mtab  or
62              --kernel,  then  it  overrides  the default paths.  If specified
63              more than once, then  tree-like  output  is  disabled  (see  the
64              --list option).
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66       -f, --first-only
67              Print the first matching filesystem only.
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69       -h, --help
70              Display help text and exit.
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72       -i, --invert
73              Invert the sense of matching.
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75       -J, --json
76              Use JSON output format.
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78       -k, --kernel
79              Search  in /proc/self/mountinfo.  The output is in the tree-like
80              format.  This is the default.  The output  contains  only  mount
81              options maintained by kernel (see also --mtab).
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83       -l, --list
84              Use the list output format.  This output format is automatically
85              enabled if the output is restricted by the  -t,  -O,  -S  or  -T
86              option  and  the  option --submounts is not used or if more that
87              one source file (the option -F) is specified.
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89       -M, --mountpoint path
90              Explicitly define the mountpoint file or  directory.   See  also
91              --target.
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93       -m, --mtab
94              Search  in  /etc/mtab.   The  output  is  in  the list format by
95              default (see --tree).  The output may include user  space  mount
96              options.
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98       -N, --task tid
99              Use  alternative namespace /proc/<tid>/mountinfo rather than the
100              default /proc/self/mountinfo.  If the option is  specified  more
101              than  once,  then  tree-like  output is disabled (see the --list
102              option).  See also the unshare(1) command.
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104       -n, --noheadings
105              Do not print a header line.
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107       -O, --options list
108              Limit the set of printed filesystems.  More than one option  may
109              be  specified  in a comma-separated list.  The -t and -O options
110              are cumulative in effect.  It is different from -t in that  each
111              option  is  matched  exactly; a leading no at the beginning does
112              not have global meaning.  The "no" can used for individual items
113              in  the list.  The "no" prefix interpretation can be disabled by
114              "+" prefix.
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116       -o, --output list
117              Define output columns.  See the --help output to get a  list  of
118              the  currently  supported  columns.   The TARGET column contains
119              tree formatting if the --list or --raw options  are  not  speci‐
120              fied.
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122              The default list of columns may be extended if list is specified
123              in the format +list (e.g. findmnt -o +PROPAGATION).
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125       --output-all
126              Output almost all available columns.  The columns  that  require
127              --poll are not included.
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129       -P, --pairs
130              Use  key="value"  output format.  All potentially unsafe charac‐
131              ters are hex-escaped (\x<code>).
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133       -p, --poll[=list]
134              Monitor changes in  the  /proc/self/mountinfo  file.   Supported
135              actions  are:  mount,  umount,  remount and move.  More than one
136              action may be specified in a comma-separated list.  All  actions
137              are monitored by default.
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139              The  time for which --poll will block can be restricted with the
140              --timeout or --first-only options.
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142              The standard columns always use the new version of the  informa‐
143              tion  from the mountinfo file, except the umount action which is
144              based on the original information  cached  by  findmnt(8).   The
145              poll mode allows to use extra columns:
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147              ACTION mount,  umount,  move or remount action name; this column
148                     is enabled by default
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150              OLD-TARGET
151                     available for umount and move actions
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153              OLD-OPTIONS
154                     available for umount and remount actions
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156       --pseudo
157              Print only pseudo filesystems.
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159       -R, --submounts
160              Print recursively all submounts for  the  selected  filesystems.
161              The   restrictions  defined  by  options  -t,  -O,  -S,  -T  and
162              --direction are not applied to  submounts.   All  submounts  are
163              always printed in tree-like order.  The option enables the tree-
164              like output format by default.  This option has  no  effect  for
165              --mtab or --fstab.
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167       -r, --raw
168              Use  raw  output  format.  All potentially unsafe characters are
169              hex-escaped (\x<code>).
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171       --real Print only real filesystems.
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173       -S, --source spec
174              Explicitly define the mount  source.   Supported  specifications
175              are device, maj:min, LABEL=label, UUID=uuid, PARTLABEL=label and
176              PARTUUID=uuid.
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178       -s, --fstab
179              Search in /etc/fstab.  The output is in  the  list  format  (see
180              --list).
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182       -T, --target path
183              Define  the  mount  target.  If path is not a mountpoint file or
184              directory, then findmnt checks  the  path  elements  in  reverse
185              order to get the mountpoint (this feature is supported only when
186              searching in kernel files and unsupported  for  --fstab).   It's
187              recommended  to  use the option --mountpoint when checks of path
188              elements are unwanted and path is a  strictly  specified  mount‐
189              point.
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191       -t, --types list
192              Limit the set of printed filesystems.  More than one type may be
193              specified in a comma-separated list.   The  list  of  filesystem
194              types can be prefixed with no to specify the filesystem types on
195              which no action should be taken.  For more details see mount(8).
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197       --tree Enable tree-like output if possible.  The  options  is  silently
198              ignored  for tables where is missing child-parent relation (e.g.
199              fstab).
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201       -U, --uniq
202              Ignore filesystems with duplicate  mount  targets,  thus  effec‐
203              tively skipping over-mounted mount points.
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205       -u, --notruncate
206              Do not truncate text in columns.  The default is to not truncate
207              the TARGET, SOURCE, UUID, LABEL,  PARTUUID,  PARTLABEL  columns.
208              This option disables text truncation also in all other columns.
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210       -v, --nofsroot
211              Do  not  print  a [/dir] in the SOURCE column for bind mounts or
212              btrfs subvolumes.
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214       -w, --timeout milliseconds
215              Specify an upper limit on the time for which --poll will  block,
216              in milliseconds.
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218       -x, --verify
219              Check  mount  table content. The default is to verify /etc/fstab
220              parsability and usability. It's possible to use this option also
221              with  --tab-file.   It's  possible to specify source (device) or
222              target (mountpoint) to filter mount table. The option  --verbose
223              forces findmnt to print more details.
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225       --verbose
226              Force findmnt to print more information (--verify only for now).
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EXAMPLES

229       findmnt --fstab -t nfs
230              Prints all NFS filesystems defined in /etc/fstab.
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232       findmnt --fstab /mnt/foo
233              Prints all /etc/fstab filesystems where the mountpoint directory
234              is /mnt/foo.  It also prints bind mounts  where  /mnt/foo  is  a
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237       findmnt --fstab --target /mnt/foo
238              Prints all /etc/fstab filesystems where the mountpoint directory
239              is /mnt/foo.
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241       findmnt --fstab --evaluate
242              Prints all /etc/fstab filesystems and converts LABEL= and  UUID=
243              tags to the real device names.
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245       findmnt -n --raw --evaluate --output=target LABEL=/boot
246              Prints  only  the  mountpoint  where  the  filesystem with label
247              "/boot" is mounted.
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249       findmnt --poll --mountpoint /mnt/foo
250              Monitors mount, unmount, remount and move on /mnt/foo.
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252       findmnt --poll=umount --first-only --mountpoint /mnt/foo
253              Waits for /mnt/foo unmount.
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255       findmnt --poll=remount -t ext3 -O ro
256              Monitors remounts to read-only mode on all ext3 filesystems.
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ENVIRONMENT

259       LIBMOUNT_FSTAB=<path>
260              overrides the default location of the fstab file
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262       LIBMOUNT_MTAB=<path>
263              overrides the default location of the mtab file
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265       LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=all
266              enables libmount debug output
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268       LIBSMARTCOLS_DEBUG=all
269              enables libsmartcols debug output
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271       LIBSMARTCOLS_DEBUG_PADDING=on
272              use  visible  padding  characters.  Requires  enabled  LIBSMART‐
273              COLS_DEBUG.
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AUTHORS

276       Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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SEE ALSO

279       fstab(5), mount(8)
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AVAILABILITY

282       The  findmnt command is part of the util-linux package and is available
283       from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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