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blkid — filesystem UUID, label and type

cheat sheet · Ubuntu 24.04 · util-linux 2.39 https://lab.dimsanych.ru/en/wiki/blkid/

Cheat sheet

sudo blkid every device with a filesystem
sudo blkid /dev/vdb1 one device
sudo blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/vdb1 just the UUID, for scripts
sudo blkid -L data which device has the label data
sudo blkid -U 5d1c0f4e-… which device has this UUID
sudo blkid -p /dev/vdb the disk itself: its table
lsblk -f the same as a tree

Options

The full list is in man blkid.