{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "findfs",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/findfs/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-16T10:48:24Z",
    "synopsis": "findfs NAME=value",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "findfs - find a filesystem by label or UUID\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "findfs NAME=value\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "findfs will search the block devices in the system looking for a filesystem or partition with\nspecified tag. The currently supported tags are:\n\nLABEL=<label>\nSpecifies filesystem label.\n\nUUID=<uuid>\nSpecifies filesystem UUID.\n\nPARTUUID=<uuid>\nSpecifies partition UUID. This partition identifier is supported for example for GUID\nPartition Table (GPT) partition tables.\n\nPARTLABEL=<label>\nSpecifies partition label (name). The partition labels are supported for example for GUID\nPartition Table (GPT) or MAC partition tables.\n\nIf the filesystem or partition is found, the device name will be printed on stdout.\n\nThe complete overview about filesystems and partitions you can get for example by\n\nlsblk --fs\n\npartx --show <disk>\n\nblkid\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "EXIT STATUS": {
            "content": "0\nsuccess\n\n1\nlabel or uuid cannot be found\n\n2\nusage error, wrong number of arguments or unknown option\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "ENVIRONMENT": {
            "content": "LIBBLKIDDEBUG=all\nenables libblkid debug output.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHORS": {
            "content": "findfs was originally written by Theodore Ts’o <tytso@mit.edu> and re-written for the\nutil-linux package by Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "blkid(8), lsblk(8), partx(8)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "REPORTING BUGS": {
            "content": "For bug reports, use the issue tracker at https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AVAILABILITY": {
            "content": "The findfs command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux\nKernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.\n\n\n\nutil-linux 2.37.2                            2021-06-02                                    FINDFS(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "findfs - find a filesystem by label or UUID",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "blkid",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/blkid/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lsblk",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lsblk/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "partx",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/partx/8/json"
        }
    ]
}