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Which bash command shows the volume label?

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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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To display the label for the currently mounted partition at / use:

lsblk -o LABEL,MOUNTPOINT | grep " /$" | cut -d' ' -f1

Added benefit no sudo required.

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