e2label to list all disk labels

MrUmunhum · 06-24-2015, 12:39 PM

Hi group,

I am having a mental block using e2label to list all disk labels in my system.
I know in the past it could be done but I can not remember the format. Could
some kind soul help me repopulate my brain. I tried

Code:

e2label /dev/*

but that did not work.

Thanks for your time.

Keith Hedger · 06-24-2015, 06:57 PM

Don't think it can, you may be thinking of lsblk, which can list all sorts of info including labels of either all the disks on the system or just a single disk, see the man page for more details.

syg00 · 06-24-2015, 07:58 PM

blkid is the normal tool for this - key/value pairs for easier parsing.

Keith Hedger · 06-25-2015, 01:06 AM

blkid is not always installed in all systems whereas lsblk is part of util-linux which is installed on virtually all systems so is a better but less well known option, it can also give more detail than blkid.