taming mount output

[Steven P. Ulrick]

On 02/08/2012 09:10 AM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
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> On 02/08/2012 04:59 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
>> The output of F16 mount is somewhat confusing. Is there a way to
>> confine it to just the output of interest to the average user?
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>> Thanks. Sorry for the FAQ.
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> You may find findmnt provides a more digestible list of mounted file
> systems on modern Fedora boxes. It will search fstab, mtab or
> /proc/self/mountinfo and report the file systems it finds in a variety
> of formats.
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> On a simple vm with little in /etc/fstab mount prints:
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> http://fpaste.org/H0kf/
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> Whereas findmnt shows me:
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> http://fpaste.org/z6f4/
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> If I only care about things specified in /etc/fstab:
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> # findmnt -s
> TARGET SOURCE                                    FSTYPE OPTIONS
> /      /dev/mapper/vg_rawhide-lv_root            ext4   defaults
> /boot  UUID=765338a0-b8f7-44b6-9178-3143eb94a119 ext4   defaults
> swap   /dev/mapper/vg_rawhide-lv_swap            swap   defaults
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> Where is sda2 mounted?:
> http://fpaste.org/A6WZ/
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> What is mounted at /run?:
> http://fpaste.org/kiPH/
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> The command can also do more fancy things like poll a mount point for
> activity (mount, umount, remount etc) and resolving LABEL and UUID
> references in the fstab to the real device paths.
>
> More options and examples are available in the man page.

Try this option that I found in the man page:
findmnt --fstab --evaluate

This changed the output of "mount" on my system from something like your 
first paste to this:

steve at localhost ~$ findmnt --fstab --evaluate
TARGET       SOURCE                          FSTYPE OPTIONS
/            /dev/sda2                       ext4   defaults
/boot        /dev/sda1                       ext4   defaults
/home        /dev/sda6                       ext4   defaults
/mnt/mirror  /dev/sdc1                       ext4   defaults
/mnt/mirror2 /dev/sdb1                       ext4   defaults
/usr/local   /dev/sda5                       ext4   defaults
swap         /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01 swap   defaults

Steven P. Ulrick