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lxc-ls

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
COMMON OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
HISTORY

NAME

lxc-ls - list the containers existing on the system

SYNOPSIS

lxc-ls [-1] [--active] [--frozen] [--running] [--stopped] [--defined] [-f] [-F format ] [-g groups ] [--nesting= NUM ] [--filter= regex ]

DESCRIPTION

lxc-ls list the containers existing on the system.

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

These options are common to most of lxc commands.
-?, -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, ALERT, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG, TRACE.

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.

SEE ALSO

lxc (7), lxc-create (1), lxc-copy (1), lxc-destroy (1), lxc-start (1), lxc-stop (1), lxc-execute (1), lxc-console (1), lxc-monitor (1), lxc-wait (1), lxc-cgroup (1), lxc-ls (1), lxc-info (1), lxc-freeze (1), lxc-unfreeze (1), lxc-attach (1), lxc.conf (5)

HISTORY

Written originally as a shell script by Daniel Lezcano and Serge Hallyn. Later reimplemented and extended in Python by Stéphane Graber and then reimplemented and extended in C by Christian Brauner.