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Which bash command shows the volume label?

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That's not where the answer goes. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams May 8 '11 at 7:04
please leave the question section for.. questions.. – Sathya♦ May 8 '11 at 12:39
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/sbin/blkid /dev/sdXY                    # needs rootpriv for internal drives
ls -l /dev/disk/by-label/ | grep sdXY    # workaround for unprivileged users
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I like the second line (even without grep) – ajo May 10 '11 at 9:16
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