blkid

For Linux system administrators and enthusiasts, managing and identifying storage devices is a critical task. One of the primary tools that prove indispensable in this context is blkid. This utility allows users to display the UUIDs (Universally Unique Identifiers) along with other crucial filesystem information. In this blog post, we will dive deeper into what blkid is, why UUIDs are important, and how to effectively use this command to manage your system's storage. blkid stands for 'block identification' and is a command-line utility in Linux used to find or print block device attributes. This tool can be found in the util-linux package, which is available in most Linux distributions.