Options restrict in one filesystem
There are quite number of tasks may want to be executed in one filesystem, this is important during troubleshooting, especially for root directory (/).
find
Restrict find
command only looking entries within one filesystem, use option -xdev
find /usr -xdev ...
du
Restrict du
command only calculate for one filesystem, use option -x
du -cshx /
tar
Restrict tar
command only archive files in one filesystem, use option --one-file-system
tar --one-file-system -czvf /tmp/root.tgz /