From: "Ted Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Michael Conrad <mconrad@intellitree.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: blkid -o value
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:31:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120327173149.GC10142@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F71F836.4000103@intellitree.com>
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 01:26:14PM -0400, Michael Conrad wrote:
>
> I would request that either the order of fields become stable by
> printing empty lines for missing fields (and documented), or the "-o
> value" be done away with, since I can't see any reason anyone would
> want random output in a script-friendly format, and the fact that it
> exists is likely to lead people astray.
Try using this way, which was its intended usage:
blkid -o value -s TYPE -t UUID=a3dc6f56-da22-4079-bf75-1fa2ce1aa4b0
(replace part following -t with the search criteria you want; for
example, "-t LABEL=backup").
It was intended to be used a script-friendly way, and I believe there
are shell scripts using in this fashion. So please don't change blkid
-o value.
Best regards,
- Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-27 17:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-27 17:26 blkid -o value Michael Conrad
2012-03-27 17:31 ` Ted Ts'o [this message]
2012-03-27 17:52 ` Michael Conrad
2012-03-27 18:43 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-28 9:00 ` Karel Zak
2012-03-28 21:03 ` Michael Conrad
2012-03-28 7:34 ` Karel Zak
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