findmnt command examples

findmnt – find a filesystem

#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.