Show the UUID of a filesystem or partition

ls /dev/disk* | xargs -n 1 -t sudo zdb -l | grep GPTE_
Show the UUID-based alternate device names of ZEVO-related partitions on Darwin/OS X. Adapted from the lines by dbrady at http://zevo.getgreenbytes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=700#p700 and following the disk device naming scheme at http://zevo.getgreenbytes.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Site.DiskDeviceNames
Sample Output 
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk0
Password:
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk0s1
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk0s2
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk0s3
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk0s4
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk4
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk4s1
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk4s2
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_1928482A-7FE4-482D-B692-3EC6B03159BA'
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_1928482A-7FE4-482D-B692-3EC6B03159BA'
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_1928482A-7FE4-482D-B692-3EC6B03159BA'
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_1928482A-7FE4-482D-B692-3EC6B03159BA'
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk5
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_1928482A-7FE4-482D-B692-3EC6B03159BA'
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_1928482A-7FE4-482D-B692-3EC6B03159BA'
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk5s1
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_1928482A-7FE4-482D-B692-3EC6B03159BA'
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_1928482A-7FE4-482D-B692-3EC6B03159BA'
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk7
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk7s1
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk7s2
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_78301A52-4AFF-4D96-8DE9-E76ABC14909C'
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_78301A52-4AFF-4D96-8DE9-E76ABC14909C'
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_78301A52-4AFF-4D96-8DE9-E76ABC14909C'
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_78301A52-4AFF-4D96-8DE9-E76ABC14909C'
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk8
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_78301A52-4AFF-4D96-8DE9-E76ABC14909C'
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_78301A52-4AFF-4D96-8DE9-E76ABC14909C'
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk8s1
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_78301A52-4AFF-4D96-8DE9-E76ABC14909C'
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_78301A52-4AFF-4D96-8DE9-E76ABC14909C'
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk8s1s1
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk8s1s1s1
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk8s1s1s2
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk8s1s2
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk8s1s3
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_78301A52-4AFF-4D96-8DE9-E76ABC14909C'
        path: '/dev/dsk/GPTE_78301A52-4AFF-4D96-8DE9-E76ABC14909C'
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk8s1s4
sudo zdb -l /dev/disk8s1s4s1
macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$

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By: grahamperrin
2012-10-06 20:19:45
grep ls sudo xargs partition zfs darwin uuid zevo
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