fstab-decode(8)                      System Manager's Manual                      fstab-decode(8)



NAME
       fstab-decode - run a command with fstab-encoded arguments


SYNOPSIS
        fstab-decode COMMAND [ARGUMENT]...


DESCRIPTION
       fstab-decode decodes escapes in the specified ARGUMENTs and uses them to run COMMAND.  The
       argument escaping uses the same rules  as  path  escaping  in  /etc/fstab,  /etc/mtab  and
       /proc/mtab.


EXIT STATUS
       fstab-decode  exits  with status 127 if COMMAND can't be run.  Otherwise it exits with the
       status returned by COMMAND.


EXAMPLES
       fstab-decode umount $(awk '$3 == vfat { print $2 }' /etc/fstab)



                                             May 2006                             fstab-decode(8)