tldr/pages/linux/udisksctl.md

udisksctl

Interact with udisksd to query and manipulate storage devices. More information: https://storaged.org/doc/udisks2-api/latest/udisksctl.1.html.

• Show high-level information about disk drives and block devices:

udisksctl status

• Show detailed information about a device:

udisksctl info {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdX}}

• Show detailed information about a device partition:

udisksctl info {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

• Mount a device partition and prints the mount point:

udisksctl mount {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

• Unmount a device partition:

udisksctl unmount {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

• Power off a device to safely remove it:

udisksctl power-off {{[-b|--block-device]}} {{/dev/sdX}}

• Monitor the daemon for events:

udisksctl monitor