1FINDFS(8)                    System Administration                   FINDFS(8)
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NAME

6       findfs - find a filesystem by label or UUID
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SYNOPSIS

9       findfs NAME=value
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DESCRIPTION

12       findfs  will  search  the  block  devices  in  the system looking for a
13       filesystem or partition with specified  tag.  The  currently  supported
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16       LABEL=<label>
17              Specifies filesystem label.
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20              Specifies filesystem UUID.
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22       PARTUUID=<uuid>
23              Specifies partition UUID. This partition identifier is supported
24              for example for GUID  Partition  Table (GPT) partition tables.
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27              Specifies partition label (name). The partition labels are  sup‐
28              ported  for example for GUID Partition Table (GPT) or MAC parti‐
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31       If the filesystem or partition  is  found,  the  device  name  will  be
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34       The  complete overview about filesystems and partitions you can get for
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EXIT STATUS

46              0      success
47              1      label or uuid cannot be found
48              2      usage error, wrong number of arguments or unknown option
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AUTHOR

51       findfs was originally written by Theodore Ts'o ⟨tytso@mit.edu⟩ and  re-
52       written for the util-linux package by Karel Zak ⟨kzak@redhat.com⟩.
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ENVIRONMENT

55       LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all
56              enables libblkid debug output.
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SEE ALSO

59       blkid(8), lsblk(8), partx(8)
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AVAILABILITY

62       The  findfs  command is part of the util-linux package and is available
63       from Linux Kernel Archive ⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-
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68util-linux                        March 2014                         FINDFS(8)