How to view block device information in Linux

In Linux, you can use the lsblk command to view block device (hard disk, flash disk, CD-ROM, etc.) information, the syntax is "lsblk [option] device name". The lsblk command is used to list information about all available block devices and also displays the dependencies between them, but it does not list information about RAM disks.

#The operating environment of this tutorial: centos7 system, Dell G3 computer.

In Linux, you can use the lsblk command to view block device information.

The lsblk command in English is "list block", which is used to list information about all available block devices, and also displays the dependencies between them, but it does not list RAM disk information. Block devices include hard disks, flash drives, CD-ROMs, etc. The lsblk command is included in the util-linux-ng package, which is now renamed util-linux.

Installing lsblk in Linux

The default base installation in Linux does not have the lsblk command, so how can I use lsblk?

In the centos series, yum is used to install the service installation software. Is it necessary to use yum -y install lsblk to install this command?

NO, that’s not the case, I’ve been tricked again

The lsblk command is included in the util-linux-ng package, and now the package is renamed util -linux. This package comes with several other tools, such as dmesg. To install lsblk, download the util-linux package here.

Fedora series (centos, RHEL, etc.) users can install this package through the following methods:

#yum install util-linux-ng

The lsblk command has several options:

Default options

The lsblk command will be listed in a tree format by default All block devices. Open the terminal and enter the following command:

$ lsblk

The output is as follows:

lsblk default
lsblk default

The 7 column names are as follows:

NAME : 这是块设备名。
MAJ:MIN : 本栏显示主要和次要设备号。
RM : 本栏显示设备是否可移动设备。注意，在本例中设备sdb和sr0的RM值等于1，这说明他们是可移动设备。
SIZE : 本栏列出设备的容量大小信息。例如298.1G表明该设备大小为298.1GB，而1K表明该设备大小为1KB。
RO : 该项表明设备是否为只读。在本案例中，所有设备的RO值为0，表明他们不是只读的。
TYPE :本栏显示块设备是否是磁盘或磁盘上的一个分区。在本例中，sda和sdb是磁盘，而sr0是只读存储（rom）。（LCTT译注，此处sr0的RO项没有标记为1，可能存在一些错误？）
MOUNTPOINT : 本栏指出设备挂载的挂载点。

List all devices:

The default option will not list all empty devices. To view these empty devices, use the following command:

$ lsblk -a

This option will list all devices, including empty devices.

lsblk bytes sda

lsblk bytes sda

List device permissions and owners:

The lsblk command can also be used to list ownership of a specific device, as well as groups and modes. This information can be obtained through the following command:

$ lsblk -m
lsblk permissions
lsblk permissions

List the specified device:

This command can also obtain only the information of the specified device. This is accomplished by specifying the device name after the options provided to the lsblk command. For example, you might be interested in knowing the size of your disk drive in bytes. You can do this by running the following command:

$ lsblk -b /dev/sda

Alternatively, the following command is equivalent:

$ lsblk --bytes /dev/sda

List unheaded devices in list form:

You can also combine several options to get specific output. For example, you might want to list devices in a list format instead of the default tree format. You may also be interested in removing headers for different column names. Two different options can be combined to get the desired output with the command:

$ lsblk -nl

Alternatively, you can use the long options below which also give the same output.

$ lsblk --noheadings --list
lsblk no header and list
lsblk no header and list

List SCSI devices:

To get a list of SCSI devices, you can only use the -S option. This option is a capital S and should not be confused with the -s option, which prints dependencies in reverse order.

$ lsblk -S

lsblk lists SCSI devices, and -s is the reverse order option (LCTT annotation: reverse the organizational relationship of devices and partitions to display), which will give the following output. Enter the command:

$ lsblk -s

or

$ lsblk --inverse

You can use lsblk to get more information about your block device, try displaying it yourself

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