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script to list drives by hardware name, type and mountpoint

 #!/bin/bash echo "Brand/Model - Device - Mountpoint - Connection" echo "-----------------------------------------------" for dev in /sys/block/sd*; do     devname=$(basename "$dev")     [[ "$devname" =~ [0-9]$ ]] && continue     model=$(cat "$dev/device/model" 2>/dev/null)     vendor=$(cat "$dev/device/vendor" 2>/dev/null)     devpath="/dev/$devname"     mountpoint=$(lsblk -no MOUNTPOINT "$devpath" 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^$' | head -n1)     # check if any symlink to this device exists in by-path with 'usb' in path     if ls -l /dev/disk/by-path/ | grep -w "$devname" | grep -q usb; then         connection="USB"     else         connection="ATA"     fi     echo "$vendor $model - $devpath - ${mountpoint:-not mounted} - $connection" done