Re: parted is ALMOST suitable

[Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de>]

On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 23:48:53 +0000
Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:


> 
> Speaking as a Jessie user, changing to root and using lsblk -f is
> quicker and easier!

Sure, but the OP said that's not an option.
I think that the command Brian suggested:

 udevadm info --query=property --name=/dev/sda1 | grep ID_FS_TYPE

used with every partition that is returned by

  cat /proc/partitions

might be a good option for the OP.

Regards

Michael



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