[SOLVED] Don't know filesystem type of an unmounted volume

Hello all. I'm making my best attempt to learn everything the right way, and for sake of knowing how to do it I'm mounting my own things manually. I've got things like my USB sticks working, I didn't have to specify a filesystem type but the type is unknown for my USB hard drive. I mounted it automatically with my file manager and found out the type, but I'd like to know. Is there a command that lets you detect the filesystem of a volume that isn't already mounted? It seems like it would be good to know. Thank you kindly.

-Kit

There are multiple ways...
first using mount /dev/urusb /mnt will almost always work. as its more automated.
But let say you need to know the fs.. I'd use cfdisk /dev/urusb

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Is there a command that lets you detect the filesystem of a volume that isn't already mounted?

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If its a harddisk partition you could use fdisk command
try

Code:

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fdisk -l

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note that you need have root permission to execute fdisk.

*Edit* use
fdisk -l /dev/your_device_name for example fdisk -l /dev/sda

Thank you much! It's greatly appreciated, and works just fine.

-Kit