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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 2.41.2		  2025-09-22			     FINDFS(8)

findfs(8)

findfs \- find a filesystem by label or UUID

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System Information

util\-linux 2.41.2 1.0.0
Updated 2025-09-22
Maintained by Unknown

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