lxc-ls (1)

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

-1

Show one entry per line. (default when /dev/stdout isn't a tty)

--active

List only active containers (same as --frozen --running).

--frozen

List only frozen containers.

--running

List only running containers.

--stopped

List only stopped containers.

--defined

List only defined containers.

-f,--fancy

Use a fancy, column-based output.

-F,--fancy-format format

Comma separated list of columns to show in the fancy output. The list of accepted and default fields is listed in --help.

-g,--groups groups

Comma separated list of groups the container must have to be displayed. The parameter may be passed multiple times.

--nesting=NUM

Show nested containers. The number of nesting levels to be shown can be specified by passing a number as argument.

--filter=regex

The regular expression passed to lxc-ls will be applied to the container name. The format is a POSIX extended regular expression. It can also be given as additional argument without explicitly using --filter.

EXAMPLES

lxc-ls --fancy

list all the containers, listing one per line along with its name, state, ipv4 and ipv6 addresses.

lxc-ls --active -1

list active containers and display the list in one column.

COMMON OPTIONS

-?, -h, --help

Print a longer usage message than normal.

--usage

Give the usage message

-q, --quiet

mute on

-P, --lxcpath=PATH

Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.

-o, --logfile=FILE

Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.

-l, --logpriority=LEVEL

Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log priority is ERROR. Possible values are : FATAL, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG.
Note that this option is setting the priority of the events log in the alternate log file. It do not have effect on the ERROR events log on stderr.

-n, --name=NAME

Use container identifier NAME. The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.

--rcfile=FILE

Specify the configuration file to configure the virtualization and isolation functionalities for the container.
This configuration file if present will be used even if there is already a configuration file present in the previously created container (via lxc-create).

--version

Show the version number.

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