I was reading this link and tried the vol_id command. From my research, it was part of the udev package, and I see it was removed long ago. What replaced vol_id in Debian 9.x "stretch"? As a bonus for the future, I would like to find out how to determine where commands have been replaced, like is there a cross-reference online?
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As Dave S. commented the question you linked:
'vol_id' has since been renamed 'blkid', for anyone who happens to stumble upon this great answer. – Dave S. Feb 22 '13 at 14:29
For the "where commands have been replaced" question, if the command is a significant one, changes to it are likely to be mentioned in a distribution's release notes... which you should read before upgrading from one major release to another anyway. For something that is originally inteded to be used mainly by a particular subsystem or application only (like vol_id was for udev), you might have to check the package's changelogs.
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