ehdd | A CLI tool to eject and shutdown your storage devices

[user1234]

ehdd is a shell-script wrapper around eject, udisksctl and lsblk commands, using which you can eject, power-off (powering off is necessary for external HDDs, etc.), and list external storage devices.

Here is the PET package:

ehdd.pet

version shell_1.1 : add bash auto-completion & use PET package

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CHANGELOG:

1. version shell_1.0 : Port from C to shell.

2. version shell_1.1 : Add bash auto-completion & use PET package.

[rockedge]

@user1234 I like the utility and now am thinking of including it in KLV-Airedale.

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[Jasper]

Hi user1234

I have an external USB HDD which does not show up as a drive icon on FossaPup64 (PMount)

I do know it is available to me.

I thought I could use your application to unmount it until I decide to use it a future date.

I got an error message to install an additional dependency.

[user1234]

Hi user1234

I have an external USB HDD which does not show up as a drive icon on FossaPup64 (PMount)

I do know it is available to me.

I thought I could use your application to unmount it until I decide to use it a future date.

I got an error message to install an additional dependency.

You need to install udisks2_* (here * means 'some suffix', which would basically be version and stuff) available in PPM.

[Jasper]

Okay then. Thanks for letting us know.

What are the command parameters?

[user1234]

Okay then. Thanks for letting us know.

What are the command parameters?

Try running-

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ehdd --help

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[user1234]

Here is the new ehdd SHELL version (final version I suppose). Added functionality to list device names, better UI, better help messages, and some other tweaks are included in this version. I hope it works for you :

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#!/bin/bash

check_sudo() {
    if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
        printf "\033[31mError:\033[37m "
        printf "\033[1m%s\033[0m not run as root. Run \033[1msudo %s\033[0m.\n" "$0" "$0"

    exit 1
fi
}

print_help() {
    echo    "Usage: sudo ehdd [OPTIONS] or [DEVICE NAMES]"
    echo
    echo    "Option                Meaning"
    echo    "-h, --help            Show this text."
    echo    "-v, --version         Provide version information."
    echo    "-l, --list            List available devices. (less information)"
    echo    "-lA                   Same as -l. (more information)"
    echo    "-V, --verbose         Do not suppress error messages."
    echo    "-E, --ejectonly       Only eject the device."
    echo    "-S, --shutdownonly    Only shutdown the device."
    echo    "-bN, --byname         Use device NAME. Same as ehdd NAME."
    echo    "-bL, --bylabel        Use device LABEL. Same as ehdd /dev/disk/by-label/LABEL."
    echo    "-bU, --byuuid         Use device UUID. Same as ehdd /dev/disk/by-uuid/UUID."
    echo    "-bPL, --bypartlabel   Use device PARTLABEL. Same as ehdd /dev/disk/by-partlabel/PARTLABEL."
    echo    "-bPU, --bypartuuid    Use device PARTUUID. Same as ehdd /dev/disk/by-partuuid/PARTUUID."
    echo
    echo    "NOTES:"
    echo
    echo    "1. Certain disks need to be shut off after ejecting, but not all must. To avoid shutting down devices that are not in need, ehdd attempts to identify which ones need to be shut down. Nevertheless, it is advisable to execute 'ehdd -l' to verify if the device is still listed. In this instance, ehdd should be used again with the device since it is not yet safe to remove the device physically."
    echo
    echo    "2. Partition names like sda1, sda2, sdb1, etc. may only be unmounted (assuming they are on an ejectable drive) by passing them to ehdd. Even while this is helpful in certain situations, the device's other partition may be still in use. Therefore, it is still not safe to remove the gadget physically. Always provide device names (such sda, sdb, sdc, etc.) to ehdd instead of partition names before physically removing the device to make sure it's safe to do so."
    echo
    echo    "3. Though LABEL and PARTLABEL serve nearly identical functions, they are two distinct partition variables. For some partitions, just one may be set. The same goes for UUID and PARTUUID. Thus, any of these can be passed to the ehdd of a device. You may also run 'ehdd -lA' to verify the variables for all devices on your PC."
    echo
    echo    "4. --list utilises the 'lsblk' command to list devices whose column values may differ from those needed by ehdd. For example, on my system, LABEL of one partition is 'NEW VOLUME', but the actual block file name is 'NEW\x20VOLUME' in '/dev/disk/by-label/' (i.e. the space character was replaced with '\x20' characters by the OS for this label). So in this case, I should run \"ehdd 'NEW\x20VOLUME'\" instead of \"ehdd 'NEW VOLUME'\". However, this is OS (distribution) specific; other OSes may not substitute the space character."
    echo
    echo    "EXAMPLES:"
    echo    "1. ehdd -lA"
    echo    "   List NAME, UUID, PARTUUID (PARTITION UUID), LABEL, and PARTLABEL (PARTITION LABEL) of all devices."
    echo    "2. ehdd sdb"
    echo    "   Eject and shutdown device 'sdb'."
    echo    "3. ehdd --bylabel 'My_Device' --ejectonly"
    echo    "   Only eject the device with label 'My_Device'."
    echo    "4. ehdd sdb -bL 'My_Device' -bPU 'xxxx-xxxx' -bN sdc -S"
    echo    "   Only shutdown devices with name 'sdb' and 'sdc', with label 'My_Device', and with PARTUUID 'xxxx-xxxx'."
}

print_version() {
    echo "ehdd version: SHELL VERSION 1.0"
}

is_block_dev() {
    if ! test -b "$1"; then
        return 1
    fi
}

ERROR_OCCURED="false"

eject_block_dev() {
    DEV_NAME="$1"

printf "\033[0m  a) Ejecting device.."

EJECT_MSG=$(eject "$DEV_NAME" 2>&1)
EJECT_STATUS=$?

if [ $EJECT_STATUS != 0 ]; then
    ERROR_OCCURED="true"

    printf "\033[31m Error\n"

    if [ "$VERBOSE" = "true" ]; then
        printf "eject returned with error code %s\n" "$EJECT_STATUS"
        printf "Message returned by eject command:\n%s\n" "$EJECT_MSG"
    fi

    printf "\033[0m"

    return 1
fi

printf "\033[32m Successful\033[0m\n"
}

shutdown_block_dev() {
    DEV_NAME="$1"

printf "\033[0m  b) Shutdown device.."

if ! is_block_dev "$DEV_NAME"; then
    # seems that ejecting the device was enough and it doesn't need to shutdown
    echo " (not required)"
    return 0
fi

UDISKS_MSG=$(udisksctl power-off -b "$DEV_NAME" 2>&1)
UDISKS_STATUS=$?

if [ $UDISKS_STATUS != 0 ]; then
    ERROR_OCCURED="true"

    printf "\033[31m Error\n"

    if [ "$VERBOSE" = "true" ]; then
        printf "eject returned with error code %s\n" "$UDISKS_STATUS"
        printf "Message returned by eject command:\n%s\n" "$UDISKS_MSG"
    fi

    printf "\033[0m"

    return 1
fi

printf "\033[32m Successful\033[0m\n"
}

list_devices() {
    if ! lsblk --help 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
        printf "\033[31mError:\033[0m command 'lsblk' not found.\n"
        exit 1
    fi

LIST_ALL=$1 # a boolean value

if [ "$LIST_ALL" = "false" ]; then
    echo "NOTE: UUID and LABEL are currently hidden. Use 'ehdd -lA' to list them as well."
    echo
    lsblk -o "NAME,PARTUUID,PARTLABEL" -e7
else
    lsblk -o "NAME,UUID,PARTUUID,LABEL,PARTLABEL" -e7
fi
}

declare -a DEV_NAMES

VERBOSE="false"
EJECTONLY="false"
SHUTDOWNONLY="false"

DEV_PREFIX="/dev/"

for arg in "$@"; do
    case $arg in
        --help|-h)
            print_help
            exit
            ;;
        --version|-v)
            print_version
            exit
            ;;
        --list|-l)
            list_devices "false"
            exit
            ;;
        -lA)
            list_devices "true"
            exit
            ;;
        --verbose|-V)
            VERBOSE="true"
            ;;
        --ejectonly|-E)
            EJECTONLY="true"
            ;;
        --shutdownonly|-S)
            SHUTDOWNONLY="true"
            ;;
        --byname|-bN)
            DEV_PREFIX="/dev/"
            ;;
        --bylabel|-bL)
            DEV_PREFIX="/dev/disk/by-label/"
            ;;
        --byuuid|-bU)
            DEV_PREFIX="/dev/disk/by-uuid/"
            ;;
        --bypartlabel|-bPL)
            DEV_PREFIX="/dev/disk/by-partlabel/"
            ;;
        --bypartuuid|-bPU)
            DEV_PREFIX="/dev/disk/by-partuuid/"
            ;;
        *)
            if [[ "${arg:0:1}" == "-" ]]; then
                # first letter of this arg is -
                # consider this to be a unknown flag
                printf "\033[31mError:\033[37m Unknown command line option '%s'.\n" "$arg"
                exit 1
            fi

        CRR_DEV_NAME="$DEV_PREFIX""$arg" # real device name

        # check if device is block
        if ! is_block_dev "$CRR_DEV_NAME"; then
            printf "\033[31mError:\033[37m '%s' not a valid device.\n" "$arg"
            exit 1
        fi

        DEV_NAMES+=("$CRR_DEV_NAME") # add device to our device list
        ;;
esac
done

# Do few checks as well

if [ ${#DEV_NAMES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
    # device name not given
    printf "\033[31mError:\033[37m Device name not provided.\n"
    exit 1
fi

# check if program has root access
check_sudo

# if both EJECTONLY and SHUTDOWNONLY are true, interpret as both eject and shutdown
# so make both the commands off
if [ "$EJECTONLY" = "true" ] && [ "$SHUTDOWNONLY" = "true" ]; then
    EJECTONLY="false"
    SHUTDOWNONLY="false"
fi

dev_index=0
for dev in "${DEV_NAMES[@]}"; do
    ((dev_index++))
    printf "\033[1m%s. %s\n" "$dev_index" "$dev"

eject_status=0

if [ "$SHUTDOWNONLY" = "false" ]; then
    # see parse_cli_flag.sh:71
    eject_block_dev "$dev"
    eject_status=$?
fi

if [ "$EJECTONLY" = "false" ] && [ $eject_status -eq 0 ]; then
    shutdown_block_dev "$dev"
fi
done

if [ "$VERBOSE" = "false" ] && [ "$ERROR_OCCURED" = "true" ]; then
    echo
    echo "Errors have occurred in some command."
    echo "Run $0 with verbose on to see the error message."
fi

if [ "$ERROR_OCCURED" = "true" ]; then
    exit 1
fi

Remove current ehdd (if present, check 'whereis ehdd' and remove that file), copy this code into a file named 'ehdd', and place that file in one of the directories listed in $PATH (like /usr/local/bin/).

It is advised that users read 'ehdd --help' for this version as there are some changes.

[user1234]

Updated to version shell_1.1 (shell meaning this is the shell version of ehdd, not the deprecated C version).

Added bash auto-completion.

PET package uploaded in original post.