Using Terminal, how can I find which directory is my USB drive mounted in?
I am using Terminal and have looked through directories.
I just can't find where my USB drive its directory is.
Which directory is my USB drive mounted in?
All drives (internal, external and networked) get mounted in /Volumes
. You should see a folder there with the name of your USB drive as it appears on your desktop or in the Finder.
Some techniques to try:
ls -a /Volumes
or...
ls -l /Volumes
or...
ls -la /Volumes
...may prove useful.
mount
seems to give all the partitions that might be useful with Disk Utility, during formatting, etc.
you can probably reach your USB drive directly using:
/Volumes/<NameOfYourDrive>
This applies to other types of drives as well: optical, internal and external hard drives. All mounted volumes.
In general, to find where something is mounted, you can run this command from the terminal:
df -H
This also provides useful information about the space on the drive.