Query operation system logical drives

#io #filesystem #linux #windows #bash #powershell

Linux

Bash

# requires lvm2
lvs

Windows

Command Prompt

wmic logicaldisk get deviceid, volumename, description

PowerShell

Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem

A more advanced function to get logical drives filtered by the type of drive (e.g. fixed, network, RAM).

function Get-LogicalDrives {    
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [ValidateSet('CDRom', 'Fixed', 'Network', 'NoRootDirectory', 'Ram', 'Removable', 'Unknown')]
        [string[]]
        $DriveType
    )    

    process {
        [System.IO.Directory]::GetLogicalDrives() | Where-Object {
            $null -eq $DriveType -or
            ([System.IO.DriveInfo]$_).DriveType -in $DriveType
        }
    }
}

Arguments

DriveType one or more of CDRom, Fixed, Network, NoRootDirectory, Ram, Removable, Unknown

Outputs

an array of System.IO.Directory representing the logical volumes matching the filter