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Manual: grub-probe

GRUB-PROBE(8)				       System Administration Utilities				       GRUB-PROBE(8)

NAME
       grub-probe - probe device information for GRUB

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

DESCRIPTION
       Probe device information for a given path (or device, if the -d option is given).

       -0     separate items in output using ASCII NUL characters

       -d, --device
	      given argument is a system device, not a path

       -m, --device-map=FILE
	      use FILE as the device map [default=/boot/grub/device.map]

       -t, --target=TARGET
	      print TARGET available targets: abstraction, arc_hints, baremetal_hints, bios_hints, compatibility_hint, cryp‐
	      todisk_uuid,   device,   disk,   drive,	efi_hints,   fs,   fs_label,  fs_uuid,	gpt_parttype,  hints_string,
	      ieee1275_hints, msdos_parttype, partmap, partuuid, zero_check [default=fs]

       -v, --verbose
	      print verbose messages (pass twice to enable debug printing).

       -?, --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.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

SEE ALSO
       grub-fstest(1)

       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.

GRUB 2.14-2ubuntu2					 March 2026					       GRUB-PROBE(8)