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udisksctl — Interact with `udisksd` to query and manipulate storage devices. More information: <https://storaged

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Problem

How to use the udisksctl command: Interact with udisksd to query and manipulate storage devices. More information: <https://storaged.org/doc/udisks2-api/latest/udisksctl.1.html>.

Solution

udisksctl — Interact with udisksd to query and manipulate storage devices. More information: <https://storaged.org/doc/udisks2-api/latest/udisksctl.1.html>.

Show high-level information about disk drives and block devices:

udisksctl status

Show detailed information about a device:

udisksctl info {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdX}}

Show detailed information about a device partition:

udisksctl info {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

Mount a device partition and prints the mount point:

udisksctl mount {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

Unmount a device partition:

udisksctl unmount {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

Power off a device to safely remove it:

udisksctl power-off {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdX}}

Monitor the daemon for events:

udisksctl monitor

Code Snippets

Show high-level information about disk drives and block devices

udisksctl status

Show detailed information about a device

udisksctl info {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdX}}

Show detailed information about a device partition

udisksctl info {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

Mount a device partition and prints the mount point

udisksctl mount {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

Unmount a device partition

udisksctl unmount {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/udisksctl

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