search

Command

search [--file|--label|--fs-uuid] [--set [var]] [--no-floppy] name

Search devices by:

• file (-f, --file)
• filesystem label (-l, --label)
• filesystem UUID (-u, --fs-uuid)

If the --set option is used, the first device found is set as the value of environment variable var. The default variable is root.

The --no-floppy option prevents searching floppy devices, which can be slow.

The search.file, search.fs_label, and search.fs_uuid commands are aliases for search --file, search --label, and search --fs-uuid respectively.