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Find Linux Root drive and partition
rootdev=`findmnt --target / -o SOURCE -n`
echo $rootdev
rootdrivename=`lsblk -no pkname $rootdev`
rootdrive="/dev/"$rootdrivename
echo $rootdrive
majorminor=`lsblk $rootdev -o MAJ:MIN | tail -1`
echo $majorminor
part_number=${majorminor#*:}
echo $part_number
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Output is:
[glennswest@gswone ~]$ ./x.sh
/dev/sda2
/dev/sda
8:2
2

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