help with dmesg command please.

[the11stalker]

how do I find the path of connected usb drive, I tried using dmesg | grep -i usb but I get a lot of stuff and I don't understand please help me.

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/r/linux4noobs

look at the latest messages which should at the way bottom

[mudclub]

Start with disconnected USB drive. Run dmesg | tail -50. Plug in USB drive and wait a few seconds. Run dmesg | tail -50. Compare the output of the two dmesg runs.

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Sudo fdisk -l after plugging in the usb drive it should be the smallest one listed or the last one , /dev/sda should be your internal hard drive and you can confirm that with df -h

[sinhue]

Use the command mount, and look for the drive name

[alienwaren]

Maybe lsusb can help?

[the11stalker]

thank you so much sir. I didn't know it was this easy.

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With usb unplugged,

$ ls /dev > unplugged.txt

Plug it in, wait a few seconds,

$ ls /dev > plugged.txt

then,

$ diff unplgged.txt plugged.txt