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LSBLK(8) System Administration LSBLK(8)
lsblk - list block devices
lsblk [options] [device...]
lsblk lists information about all available or the specified block
devices. The lsblk command reads the sysfs filesystem and udev db to
gather information. If the udev db is not available or lsblk is
compiled without udev support, then it tries to read LABELs, UUIDs
and filesystem types from the block device. In this case root
permissions are necessary.
The command prints all block devices (except RAM disks) in a tree-
like format by default. Use lsblk --help to get a list of all
available columns.
The default output, as well as the default output from options like
--fs and --topology, is subject to change. So whenever possible, you
should avoid using default outputs in your scripts. Always
explicitly define expected columns by using --output columns-list and
--list in environments where a stable output is required.
Note that lsblk might be executed in time when udev does not have all
information about recently added or modified devices yet. In this
case it is recommended to use udevadm settle before lsblk to
synchronize with udev.
-a, --all
Also list empty devices and RAM disk devices.
-b, --bytes
Print the SIZE column in bytes rather than in a human-readable
format.
-D, --discard
Print information about the discarding capabilities (TRIM,
UNMAP) for each device.
-d, --nodeps
Do not print holder devices or slaves. For example, lsblk
--nodeps /dev/sda prints information about the sda device
only.
-E, --dedup column
Use column as a de-duplication key to de-duplicate output
tree. If the key is not available for the device, or the
device is a partition and parental whole-disk device provides
the same key than the device is always printed.
The usual use case is to de-duplicate output on system multi-
path devices, for example by -E WWN.
-e, --exclude list
Exclude the devices specified by the comma-separated list of
major device numbers. Note that RAM disks (major=1) are
excluded by default if --all is not specified. The filter is
applied to the top-level devices only. This may be confusing
for --list output format where hierarchy of the devices is not
obvious.
-f, --fs
Output info about filesystems. This option is equivalent to
-o NAME,FSTYPE,LABEL,UUID,FSAVAIL,FSUSE%,MOUNTPOINT. The
authoritative information about filesystems and raids is
provided by the blkid(8) command.
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
-I, --include list
Include devices specified by the comma-separated list of major
device numbers. The filter is applied to the top-level
devices only. This may be confusing for --list output format
where hierarchy of the devices is not obvious.
-i, --ascii
Use ASCII characters for tree formatting.
-J, --json
Use JSON output format. It's strongly recommended to use
--output and also --tree if necessary.
-l, --list
Produce output in the form of a list. The output does not
provide information about relationships between devices and
since version 2.34 every device is printed only once if
--pairs or --raw not specified (the parsable outputs are
maintained in backwardly compatible way).
-M, --merge
Group parents of sub-trees to provide more readable output for
RAIDs and Multi-path devices. The tree-like output is
required.
-m, --perms
Output info about device owner, group and mode. This option
is equivalent to -o NAME,SIZE,OWNER,GROUP,MODE.
-n, --noheadings
Do not print a header line.
-o, --output list
Specify which output columns to print. Use --help to get a
list of all supported columns. The columns may affect tree-
like output. The default is to use tree for the column 'NAME'
(see also --tree).
The default list of columns may be extended if list is
specified in the format +list (e.g., lsblk -o +UUID).
-O, --output-all
Output all available columns.
-P, --pairs
Produce output in the form of key="value" pairs. The output
lines are still ordered by dependencies. All potentially
unsafe characters are hex-escaped (\x<code>).
-p, --paths
Print full device paths.
-r, --raw
Produce output in raw format. The output lines are still
ordered by dependencies. All potentially unsafe characters
are hex-escaped (\x<code>) in the NAME, KNAME, LABEL,
PARTLABEL and MOUNTPOINT columns.
-S, --scsi
Output info about SCSI devices only. All partitions, slaves
and holder devices are ignored.
-s, --inverse
Print dependencies in inverse order. If the --list output is
requested then the lines are still ordered by dependencies.
-T, --tree[=column]
Force tree-like output format. If column is specified, then a
tree is printed in the column. The default is NAME column.
-t, --topology
Output info about block-device topology. This option is
equivalent to -o NAME,ALIGNMENT,MIN-IO,OPT-IO,PHY-SEC,LOG-
SEC,ROTA,SCHED,RQ-SIZE,RA,WSAME.
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.
-x, --sort column
Sort output lines by column. This option enables --list output
format by default. It is possible to use the option --tree to
force tree-like output and than the tree branches are sorted
by the column.
-z, --zoned
Print the zone model for each device.
--sysroot directory
Gather data for a Linux instance other than the instance from
which the lsblk command is issued. The specified directory is
the system root of the Linux instance to be inspected. The
real device nodes in the target directory can be replaced by
text files with udev attributes.
0 success
1 failure
32 none of specified devices found
64 some specified devices found, some not found
LSBLK_DEBUG=all
enables lsblk debug output.
LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all
enables libblkid debug output.
LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=all
enables libmount debug output.
LIBSMARTCOLS_DEBUG=all
enables libsmartcols debug output.
LIBSMARTCOLS_DEBUG_PADDING=on
use visible padding characters. Requires enabled
LIBSMARTCOLS_DEBUG.
For partitions, some information (e.g., queue attributes) is
inherited from the parent device.
The lsblk command needs to be able to look up each block device by
major:minor numbers, which is done by using /sys/dev/block. This
sysfs block directory appeared in kernel 2.6.27 (October 2008). In
case of problems with a new enough kernel, check that CONFIG_SYSFS
was enabled at the time of the kernel build.
Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
ls(1), blkid(8), findmnt(8)
The lsblk command is part of the util-linux package and is available
from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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Pages that refer to this page: eject(1) , mount(2) , fstab(5) , blkdeactivate(8) , blkid(8) , cfdisk(8) , findfs(8)