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swaplabel

Print or change the label or UUID of a swap area. Note: path/to/file can either point to a regular file or a swap partition. More information: https://manned.org/swaplabel.

  • Display the current label and UUID of a swap area:

swaplabel {{path/to/file}}

  • Set the label of a swap area:

swaplabel --label {{new_label}} {{path/to/file}}

  • Set the UUID of a swap area (you can generate a UUID using uuidgen):

swaplabel --uuid {{new_uuid}} {{path/to/file}}