that a block device holds, and also the attributes (tokens, NAME=value pairs)
from the content metadata (e.g. LABEL or UUID fields).
.PP
+It is recommended to use
+.BR lsblk (8)
+command to get information about block devices rather than blkid.
+.BR lsblk (8)
+provides more information, better control on output formatting and it does not
+require root permissions to get actual information.
+.PP
When
.I device
is specified, tokens from only this device are displayed.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libblkid (3),
.BR findfs (8),
-.BR wipefs (8)
+.BR wipefs (8),
+.BR lsblk (8),
.SH AVAILABILITY
The blkid command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.