UUID's

[leadwt]

Hi,

I know that you can find some info re above by: sudo blkid

but can you find out what a UUID is by inputting its identifier? i.e.

196fe etc etc etc etc etc what are you??

Thanks.

EDIT how do I sort out my system details below which seem to have lost their format? also 'Solved' as you can see!

[Teunis]

One way to find out the relation between the device numbers like sda3 and the UUID is to start up the partition manager.
You select a device and right click gives the option of properties that tells you among others the UUID.

[Detonate]

Have you read the man page for blkid? Lots of options. I thing the option -U may be the one you are looking for.

[leadwt]

Ah great, thanks to both.