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diff --git a/misc-utils/blkid.8 b/misc-utils/blkid.8 index 7d1aa5b02..156a14b6a 100644 --- a/misc-utils/blkid.8 +++ b/misc-utils/blkid.8 @@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ library. It can determine the type of content (e.g. filesystem or swap) that a block device holds, and also the attributes (tokens, NAME=value pairs) from the content metadata (e.g. LABEL or UUID fields). .PP +It is recommended to use +.BR lsblk (8) +command to get information about block devices rather than blkid. +.BR lsblk (8) +provides more information, better control on output formatting and it does not +require root permissions to get actual information. +.PP When .I device is specified, tokens from only this device are displayed. @@ -302,7 +309,8 @@ and Karel Zak. .SH SEE ALSO .BR libblkid (3), .BR findfs (8), -.BR wipefs (8) +.BR wipefs (8), +.BR lsblk (8), .SH AVAILABILITY The blkid command is part of the util-linux package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |