In this tutorial we learn how to use blkid commmand in Linux. blkid command is blkid - locate/print block device attributes blkid [--no-encoding --garbage-collect --list-one --cache-file file] [--output format] [--match-tag tag] [--match-token NAME=value] [device ...] blkid has two main forms of operation: either searching for a device with a specific NAME=value pair, or displaying NAME=value pairs for one or more specified devices.
In this tutorial we learn how to use blkid command in Linux. blkid command is blkid - locate/print block device attributes blkid [–no-encoding –garbage-collect –list-one –cache-file file] [–output format] [–match-tag tag] [–match-token NAME=value] [device …] blkid has two main forms of operation: either searching for a device with a specific NAME=value pair, or displaying NAME=value pairs for one or more specified devices.
blkid --label label | --uuid uuid
blkid [--no-encoding --garbage-collect --list-one --cache-file file] [--output format] [--match-tag tag] [--match-token NAME=value] [device ...]
blkid --probe [--offset offset] [--output format] [--size size] [--match-tag tag] [--match-types list] [--usages list] [--no-part-details] device ...
blkid --info [--output format] [--match-tag tag] device ...We can use man and info command to see the manual page of blkid command.
blkid command also have --help option to show list of options.
To open man page for blkid command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.
man blkidTo open info page for blkid command we can use command below.
info blkidTo open help page from blkid command we can run command below.
blkid --helpYou can find blkid command source code from the folowing repositories:
You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:
In this tutorial we learn how to use blkid in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.