Linux swaplabel Command

What is Linux swaplabel Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use swaplabel command in Linux. swaplabel command is swaplabel - print or change the label or UUID of a swap area.

swaplabel Syntax#

swaplabel [-L label] [-U UUID] device

swaplabel Examples#

swaplabel Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of swaplabel command. swaplabel command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for swaplabel command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man swaplabel

To open info page for swaplabel command we can use command below.

info swaplabel

To open help page from swaplabel command we can run command below.

swaplabel --help

Linux swaplabel Command Source Code#

You can find swaplabel command source code from the folowing repositories:

• swaplabel source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use swaplabel in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.