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swaplabel — Print or change the label or UUID of a swap area. Note: `path/to/file` can either point to a regular

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Problem

How to use the swaplabel command: Print or change the label or UUID of a swap area. Note: path/to/file can either point to a regular file or a swap partition. More information: <https://manned.org/swaplabel>.

Solution

swaplabel — Print or change the label or UUID of a swap area. Note: path/to/file can either point to a regular file or a swap partition. More information: <https://manned.org/swaplabel>.

Display the current label and UUID of a swap area:

swaplabel {{path/to/file}}

Set the label of a swap area:

swaplabel {{[-L|--label]}} {{new_label}} {{path/to/file}}

Set the UUID of a swap area (you can generate a UUID using uuidgen):

swaplabel {{[-U|--uuid]}} {{new_uuid}} {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Display the current label and UUID of a swap area

swaplabel {{path/to/file}}

Set the label of a swap area

swaplabel {{[-L|--label]}} {{new_label}} {{path/to/file}}

Set the UUID of a swap area (you can generate a UUID using `uuidgen`)

swaplabel {{[-U|--uuid]}} {{new_uuid}} {{path/to/file}}

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