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+.\" Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by Theodore Ts'o.  All Rights Reserved.
+.\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
+.\"
+.TH FINDFS 8 "March 2014" "util-linux" "System Administration"
+.SH NAME
+findfs \- find a filesystem by label or UUID
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B findfs
+.BI NAME= value
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B findfs
+will search the block devices in the system looking for a filesystem or
+partition with specified tag. The currently supported tags are:
+.TP
+.B LABEL=<label>
+Specifies filesystem label.
+.TP
+.B UUID=<uuid>
+Specifies filesystem UUID.
+.TP
+.B PARTUUID=<uuid>
+Specifies partition UUID. This partition identifier is supported for example for
+GUID  Partition  Table (GPT) partition tables.
+.TP
+.B PARTLABEL=<label>
+Specifies partition label (name). The partition labels are supported for example for
+GUID Partition Table (GPT) or MAC partition tables.
+.PP
+If the filesystem or partition is found, the device name will be printed on
+stdout.
+
+The complete overview about filesystems and partitions you can get for example
+by
+.RS
+
+.B lsblk \-\-fs
+
+.B partx --show <disk>
+
+.B blkid
+
+.RE
+
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+.RS
+.PD 0
+.TP
+.B 0
+success
+.TP
+.B 1
+label or uuid cannot be found
+.TP
+.B 2
+usage error, wrong number of arguments or unknown option
+.PD
+.RE
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+.IP LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all
+enables libblkid debug output.
+.SH AUTHORS
+.B findfs
+was originally written by
+.MT tytso@mit.edu
+Theodore Ts'o
+.ME
+and re-written for the util-linux package by
+.MT kzak@redhat.com
+Karel Zak
+.ME .
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR blkid (8),
+.BR lsblk (8),
+.BR partx (8)
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+The findfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
+.UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
+Linux Kernel Archive
+.UE .