GRUB-PROBE(8)

💖 NAME 💖

grub-probe — probe device information for GRUB. like, she literally sniffs out device details for GRUB, bestie. this page is part of the System Administration Utilities crew, and yes she ate 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

grub-probe [OPTION...] [OPTION]... [PATH|DEVICE]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the whole assignment is: probe device information for a given path — or for a device, if the -d option is given. that’s the vibe. she checks the thing, tells you the thing, periodt 🌸

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -0 — separate items in output using ASCII NUL characters. yes, NUL, not just “null-ish” 🙈
• -d, --device — given argument is a system device, not a path. so bestie, you’re saying “this is a device,” and she believes you 🫶
• -m, --device-map=FILE — use FILE as the device map; default is /boot/grub/device.map 💖
• -t, --target=TARGET — print TARGET; available targets are: abstraction, arc_hints, baremetal_hints, bios_hints, compatibility_hint, cryptodisk_uuid, device, disk, drive, efi_hints, fs, fs_label, fs_uuid, gpt_parttype, hints_string, ieee1275_hints, msdos_parttype, partmap, partuuid, zero_check; default is fs ✨
• -v, --verbose — print verbose messages (pass twice to enable debug printing). yes, twice. she said what she said 👑
• -?, --help — give this help list 💫
• --usage — give a short usage message 🎀
• -V, --version — print program version ⭐

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. that’s the rule, and she’s sticking to it 💅

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🌈 REPORTING BUGS 🌈

Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>. if something’s busted, tell the GRUB girlies, fr fr 😭

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• grub-fstest(1) — also in the see-also circle 🦋

The full documentation for grub-probe is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-probe programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info grub-probe

should give you access to the complete manual. iykyk 🌸

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mwah 💋 this page comes from GRUB 2.12-1ubuntu7.3, dated March 2025 — bye bestie! 🫶