How to eject CD using the terminal?

command-line cd eject

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The eject command does what you want. Without any arguments provided, it ejects the default (first) 'cdrom' device. If you want to eject a specific device, provide it as an argument.

eject /dev/cdrom1

Quoting from the eject manpage (man eject):

Eject allows removable media (typically a CD-ROM, floppy disk, tape, or JAZ or ZIP disk) to be ejected under software control. The command can also control some multi-disc CD-ROM changers, the auto-eject feature supported by some devices, and close the disc tray of some CD-ROM drives.
The device corresponding to is ejected. The name can be a device file or mount point, either a full path or with the leading "/dev", "/media" or "/mnt" omitted. If no name is specified, the default name "cdrom" is used.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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TellMeWhy almost 2 years

I recently found a question on superuser regarding ejecting a CD using the Windows command line.

How can I do this using Linux terminal?
- muru almost 9 years
  
  Tried eject?
- muru almost 9 years
  
  Of course. What of it?
- TellMeWhy almost 9 years
  
  @muru so, how would I do so?
- muru almost 9 years
  
  If you could take a few minutes to read the manpage I linked to, you'd see: " The device corresponding to <name> is ejected. The name can be a device file or mount point, either a full path or with the leading "/dev", "/media" or "/mnt" omitted. If no name is specified, the default name "cdrom" is used."
- TellMeWhy almost 9 years
  
  @muru ahh ok, I didn't realise it was a link... :)
- Gophyr almost 9 years
  
  and then after you eject it (if it can pull itself back in) you can use eject -t...
kos almost 9 years

And to close it (if the drive supports it), eject -t