Mount Ext4/ext3/ext2 partitions on MacOS

macos-mount-ext4-partitions.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

for device in $(diskutil list | awk '/Linux/  {print $NF}') ; do
	
	read -p ">>> Found linux device: $device. Mount? y/n <<< " answer

	if [[ "$answer" =~ [yY] ]]; then
		mount_point="$HOME/mnt/$device"

		mkdir -p $mount_point
		echo "Mounting device $device at $mount_point..."

		sudo ext4fuse -o allow_other,defer_permissions /dev/$device ${mount_point}
		
		status=$?

		if [[ $status -eq 0 ]]; then
			echo "Mounted successfully at ${mount_point}"
			
			read -p "Open in Finder? y/n <<< " show_in_finder
    		echo "***IMPORTANT: TO UNMOUNT USE***: diskutil umount ${mount_point}"

			if [[ "$show_in_finder" =~ [yY] ]]; then
				open "$mount_point"
			fi
		else
			echo "\nERROR mounting device $device!"
			echo "Is macFUSE installed? (brew install macfuse) https://macfuse.io"
			echo "is ext4fuse installed? (brew install ext4fuse) https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse"
			echo "See also: https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse/issues/66#issuecomment-819943409"
		fi	
	fi
done