FINDMNT(8) System Administration FINDMNT(8)
NAME
findmnt - find a filesystem
SYNOPSIS
findmnt [options]
findmnt [options] device|mountpoint
findmnt [options] [--source] device [--target] mountpoint
DESCRIPTION
findmnt will list all mounted filesytems or search for a filesystem. The findmnt command is able to search in
/etc/fstab, /etc/mtab or /proc/self/mountinfo. If device or mountpoint is not given, all filesystems are
shown.
The device may be specified by device name, maj:min, filesystem LABEL or UUID, or partition PARTUUID or PART‐
LABEL. Note that a device name may be interpreted as a mountpoint (and vice versa) if the --target or
--source options are not specified.
The command prints all mounted filesystems in the tree-like format by default.
OPTIONS
-A, --all
Disable all built-in filters and print all filesystems.
-a, --ascii
Use ascii characters for tree formatting.
-c, --canonicalize
Canonicalize all printed paths.
-D, --df
Imitate the output of df(1). This option is equivalent to -o SOURCE,FSTYPE,SIZE,USED,AVAIL,USE%,TARGET
but excludes all pseudo filesystems. Use --all to print all filesystems.
-d, --direction word
The search direction, either forward or backward.
-e, --evaluate
Convert all tags (LABEL, UUID, PARTUUID or PARTLABEL) to the device names.
-F, --tab-file path
Search in an alternative file. If used with --fstab, --mtab or --kernel, then it overrides the default
paths. If specified more than once, then tree-like output is disabled (see the --list option).
-f, --first-only
Print the first matching filesystem only.
-h, --help
Print help and exit.
-i, --invert
Invert the sense of matching.
-k, --kernel
Search in /proc/self/mountinfo. The output is in the tree-like format. This is the default.
also the unshare(1) command.
-n, --noheadings
Do not print a header line.
-O, --options list
Limit the set of printed filesystems. More than one option may be specified in a comma-separated list.
The -t and -O options are cumulative in effect. It is different from -t in that each option is matched
exactly; a leading no at the beginning does not have global meaning. The "no" can used for individual
items in the list. The "no" prefix interpretation can be disabled by "+" prefix.
-o, --output list
Define output columns. See the --help output to get a list of the currently supported columns. The
TARGET column contains tree formatting if the --list or --raw options are not specified.
The default list of columns may be extended if list is specified in the format +list (e.g. findmnt -o
+PROPAGATION).
-P, --pairs
Use key="value" output format. All potentially unsafe characters are hex-escaped (\x<code>).
-p, --poll[=list]
Monitor changes in the /proc/self/mountinfo file. Supported actions are: mount, umount, remount and
move. More than one action may be specified in a comma-separated list. All actions are monitored by
default.
The time for which --poll will block can be restricted with the --timeout or --first-only options.
The standard columns always use the new version of the information from the mountinfo file, except the
umount action which is based on the original information cached by findmnt(8). The poll mode allows to
use extra columns:
ACTION mount, umount, move or remount action name; this column is enabled by default
OLD-TARGET
available for umount and move actions
OLD-OPTIONS
available for umount and remount actions
-R, --submounts
Print recursively all submounts for the selected filesystems. The restrictions defined by options -t,
-O, -S, -T and --direction are not applied to submounts. All submounts are always printed in tree-like
order. The option enables the tree-like output format by default. This option has no effect for
--mtab or --fstab.
-r, --raw
Use raw output format. All potentially unsafe characters are hex-escaped (\x<code>).
-S, --source spec
Explicitly define the mount source. Supported are device, maj:min, LABEL=, UUID=, PARTLABEL= or PARTU‐
UID=.
-s, --fstab
-u, --notruncate
Do not truncate text in columns. The default is to not truncate the TARGET, SOURCE, UUID, LABEL, PAR‐
TUUID, PARTLABEL columns. This option disables text truncation also in all other columns.
-v, --nofsroot
Do not print a [/dir] in the SOURCE column for bind-mounts or btrfs subvolumes.
-w, --timeout milliseconds
Specify an upper limit on the time for which --poll will block, in milliseconds.
EXAMPLES
findmnt --fstab -t nfs
Prints all NFS filesystems defined in /etc/fstab.
findmnt --fstab /mnt/foo
Prints all /etc/fstab filesystems where the mountpoint directory is /mnt/foo. It also prints bind
mounts where /mnt/foo is a source.
findmnt --fstab --target /mnt/foo
Prints all /etc/fstab filesystems where the mountpoint directory is /mnt/foo.
findmnt --fstab --evaluate
Prints all /etc/fstab filesystems and converts LABEL= and UUID= tags to the real device names.
findmnt -n --raw --evaluate --output=target LABEL=/boot
Prints only the mountpoint where the filesystem with label "/boot" is mounted.
findmnt --poll --target /mnt/foo
Monitors mount, unmount, remount and move on /mnt/foo.
findmnt --poll=umount --first-only --target /mnt/foo
Waits for /mnt/foo unmount.
findmnt --poll=remount -t ext3 -O ro
Monitors remounts to read-only mode on all ext3 filesystems.
ENVIRONMENT
LIBMOUNT_FSTAB=<path>
overrides the default location of the fstab file
LIBMOUNT_MTAB=<path>
overrides the default location of the mtab file
LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=0xffff
enables debug output
AUTHORS
Karel Zak <[email protected]>
SEE ALSO
mount(8), fstab(5)
AVAILABILITY
The findmnt command is part of the util-linux package and is available from ftp://ftp.ker‐
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