mount/unmount USB stick from terminal

[majpooper]

I am would like to be able to mount and unmount a USB stick using terminal commands so I can create some keyboard short cuts to mount and unmount a USB stick that is permanently plugged in. Unmounting or ejecing is simple however I have not been able to mount an umounted USP stick that is plugged. I have tried several things including making an entry in etc/fstab and creating a mount point in /mnt.

Is what I am trying to do even possible?

[FreedomTruth]

You shouldn't need an fstab entry to do this.
Once you've created a mount point (for example, /mnt/usb), you also need to know the source device path. In the terminal, use the command lsblk to find the correct drive and partition (for example, sdc1). Now the example command will be sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usb. It can be that simple, but not always. Please post back if there are any problems.

[Edit] whoops just noticed this is a month-old topic

[toad1]

I think I get this now. If you plug in a USB and it shows up, it is mounted, and lsblk shows the full path, as does mount. You do not need to mount it.

But you need to unmount <path> before removal.

Alan