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.\"     Title: findfs
.\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.15
.\"      Date: 2022-02-17
.\"    Manual: System Administration
.\"    Source: util-linux 2.38
.\"  Language: English
.\"
.TH "FINDFS" "8" "2022-02-17" "util\-linux 2.38" "System Administration"
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.SH "NAME"
findfs \- find a filesystem by label or UUID
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBfindfs\fP \fBNAME\fP=\fIvalue\fP
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBfindfs\fP will search the block devices in the system looking for a filesystem or partition with specified tag. The currently supported tags are:
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\fBLABEL\fP=\fI<label>\fP
.RS 4
Specifies filesystem label.
.RE
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\fBUUID\fP=\fI<uuid>\fP
.RS 4
Specifies filesystem UUID.
.RE
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\fBPARTUUID\fP=\fI<uuid>\fP
.RS 4
Specifies partition UUID. This partition identifier is supported for example for GUID Partition Table (GPT) partition tables.
.RE
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\fBPARTLABEL\fP=\fI<label>\fP
.RS 4
Specifies partition label (name). The partition labels are supported for example for GUID Partition Table (GPT) or MAC partition tables.
.RE
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If the filesystem or partition is found, the device name will be printed on stdout.
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The complete overview about filesystems and partitions you can get for example by
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\fBlsblk \-\-fs\fP
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\fBpartx \-\-show <disk>\fP
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\fBblkid\fP
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\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
.RS 4
Display help text and exit.
.RE
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\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
.RS 4
Print version and exit.
.RE
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
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\fB0\fP
.RS 4
success
.RE
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\fB1\fP
.RS 4
label or uuid cannot be found
.RE
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\fB2\fP
.RS 4
usage error, wrong number of arguments or unknown option
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
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LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all
.RS 4
enables libblkid debug output.
.RE
.SH "AUTHORS"
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\fBfindfs\fP was originally written by \c
.MTO "tytso\(atmit.edu" "Theodore Ts\(cqo" ""
and re\-written for the util\-linux package by
.MTO "kzak\(atredhat.com" "Karel Zak" "."
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBblkid\fP(8),
\fBlsblk\fP(8),
\fBpartx\fP(8)
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c
.URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "" "."
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
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The \fBfindfs\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c
.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."