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# 1  
Old 06-18-2011
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hi ,

i'm creating a shell script using fstab for my project of last year, i wonder you can help me to know what is the command allow me to get the list of unmounted partitions.

thanks
# 2  
Old 06-18-2011
Try:
Code:
comm -23 <(awk '{print $2}' /etc/fstab | sort) <(mount | awk '{print $3}' | sort)

It will incorrectly show swap partition as unmounted, as it is not present in mount command output.
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Old 06-18-2011
thanks bartus11 for your fast response,
when i try the code this is the result:
Quote:
root@ubuntu:~# comm -23 <(awk '{print $2}' /etc/fstab | sort) <(mount | awk '{print $3}' | sort)

/
devices
/etc/fstab:
<file
for
/media/floppy0
none
swap
Use
to test more i plug my usb flash drive into my laptop, the usb was automatically mounted, so i umount it and i run the command, but i get the same result as the last time.
# 4  
Old 06-19-2011
try this
Code:
# comm -32 <(awk '!/^#/{print $2}' /etc/fstab|sort) <(mount|awk '{print $3}' |sort -u)

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Old 06-19-2011
thanks ygemici for your help,
i get the result i need.
 
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