blkid command missing?

[kaye n]

Hello Friends!

***@laptop:~$ blkid
bash: blkid: command not found
***@laptop:~$ whereis blkid
blkid: /usr/sbin/blkid /usr/share/man/man8/blkid.8.gz

As you can see, blkid is present in a couple of directories but I cannot
run it.

Thank you for your time!

[Roberto C. Sánchez]

Post by kaye n
Hello Friends!
bash: blkid: command not found
blkid: /usr/sbin/blkid /usr/share/man/man8/blkid.8.gz

^^^^

Post by kaye n
As you can see, blkid is present in a couple of directories but I cannot
run it.
Thank you for your time!

Being that it is located in /usr/sbin and that on most systems /usr/sbin
is not in the PATH of unprivileged users, you should either add
/usr/sbin to your PATH or (more properly) use sudo or become root to run
blkid.

Regards,

-Roberto

[Nate Bargmann]

Post by kaye n
Hello Friends!
bash: blkid: command not found
blkid: /usr/sbin/blkid /usr/share/man/man8/blkid.8.gz
As you can see, blkid is present in a couple of directories but I cannot
run it.

As /usr/sbin is not in your user's $PATH by default, it is in root's
$PATH. You can use either sudo blkid or su to root to run such programs.

- Nate

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

Post by kaye n
bash: blkid: command not found
blkid: /usr/sbin/blkid /usr/share/man/man8/blkid.8.gz

So /usr/sbin is not in your $PATH list of directories.

Try by absolute path

/usr/sbin/blkid

or by being the intended user of /usr/sbin

sudo blkid


Have a nice day :)

Thomas