Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME virt-filesystems – List filesystems, partitions, block devices, LVM in a virtual machine or disk image SYNOPSIS virt – filesystems[–options] – d domname virt – filesystems[–options] – a disk.img[-a disk.img…] DESCRIPTION This tool allows you to discover filesystems, partitions, logical volumes, and their sizes in a disk image or virtual machine. It is a replacement…
NAME virt-edit – Edit a file in a virtual machine SYNOPSIS virt – edit[–options] – d domname file[file…] virt – edit[–options] – a disk.img[-a disk.img…] file[file…] virt – edit[-d domname | -a disk.img] file – e ‘expr’ Old-style: virt-edit domname file virt-edit disk.img [disk.img …] file WARNING Using "virt-edit" on live virtual machines, or concurrently…
NAME virt-diff – Differences between files in two virtual machines SYNOPSIS virt – diff[–options] – d domain1 – D domain2 virt – diff[–options] – a disk1.img[-a…] – A disk2.img[-A…] DESCRIPTION "virt-diff" lists the differences between files in two virtual machines or disk images. The usual use case is to show the changes in a VM…
NAME virt-dib – Run diskimage-builder elements SYNOPSIS virt-dib -B DIB-LIB [options] elements… DESCRIPTION Virt-dib is a tool for using the elements of "diskimage-builder" to build a new disk image, generate new ramdisks, etc. Virt-dib is intended as safe replacement for "diskimage-builder" and its "ramdisk-image-create" mode, see “COMPARISON WITH DISKIMAGE-BUILDER” for a quick comparison with usage…
NAME virt-df – Display free space on virtual filesystems SYNOPSIS All guests: virt-df [–options] Single guest: virt – df[–options] – d domname virt – df[–options] – a disk.img[-a disk.img…] Old style: virt – df[–options] domname virt – df[–options] disk.img[disk.img…] DESCRIPTION "virt-df" is a command line tool to display free space on virtual machine filesystems. Unlike…
NAME virt-customize – Customize a virtual machine SYNOPSIS virt – customize[-a disk.img[-a disk.img…] | -d domname][–attach ISOFILE][–attach – format FORMAT][-c URI | –connect URI][-n | –dry – run][–format FORMAT][-m MB | –memsize MB][–network | –no – network][-q | –quiet][–smp N][-v | –verbose][-x] [–chmod PERMISSIONS:FILE][–commands – from – file FILENAME] [–copy SOURCE:DEST] [–copy – in LOCALPATH:REMOTEDIR][–delete…
NAME virt-copy-out – Copy files and directories out of a virtual machine disk image. SYNOPSIS virt – copy – out – a disk.img / file | dir[/ file | dir…] localdir virt – copy – out – d domain / file | dir[/ file | dir…] localdir DESCRIPTION "virt-copy-out" copies files and directories out of…
NAME virt-copy-in – Copy files and directories into a virtual machine disk image. SYNOPSIS virt – copy – in – a disk.img file | dir[file | dir…] / destination virt – copy – in – d domain file | dir[file | dir…] / destination WARNING Using "virt-copy-in" on live virtual machines, or concurrently with other…
NAME virt-clone – clone existing virtual machine images SYNOPSIS virt-clone [OPTION]… DESCRIPTION virt-clone is a command line tool for cloning existing virtual machine images using the "libvirt" hypervisor management library. It will copy the disk images of any existing virtual machine, and define a new guest with an identical virtual hardware configuration. Elements which require…
NAME virt-cat – Display files in a virtual machine SYNOPSIS virt – cat[–options] – d domname file[file…] virt – cat[–options] – a disk.img[-a disk.img…] file[file…] Old-style: virt-cat domname file virt-cat disk.img file DESCRIPTION "virt-cat" is a command line tool to display the contents of "file" where "file" exists in the named virtual machine (or disk…
NAME virt-builder – Build virtual machine images quickly SYNOPSIS virt – builder os – version[-o | –output DISKIMAGE][–size SIZE][–format raw | qcow2][–arch ARCHITECTURE][–attach ISOFILE] [–chmod PERMISSIONS:FILE][–commands – from – file FILENAME] [–copy SOURCE:DEST] [–copy – in LOCALPATH:REMOTEDIR][–delete PATH] [–edit FILE:EXPR][–firstboot SCRIPT][–firstboot – command ‘CMD+ARGS’][–firstboot – install PKG, PKG..][–hostname HOSTNAME][–install PKG, PKG..] [–link TARGET:LINK [:LINK..]][–mkdir DIR]…
NAME virt-alignment-scan – Check alignment of virtual machine partitions SYNOPSIS virt – alignment – scan[–options] – d domname virt – alignment – scan[–options] – a disk.img[-a disk.img…] virt – alignment – scan[–options] DESCRIPTION When older operating systems install themselves, the partitioning tools place partitions at a sector misaligned with the underlying storage (commonly the first…
NAME virt-admin – daemon administration interface SYNOPSIS virt-admin [OPTION]… [COMMAND_STRING] virt-admin [OPTION]… COMMAND [ARG]… DESCRIPTION The virt-admin program is the main administration interface for modifying the libvirt daemon configuration at runtime, changing daemon behaviour as well as for monitoring and managing all clients connected to the daemon. The basic structure of most virt-admin usage is:…
NAME virsh – management user interface SYNOPSIS virsh [OPTION]… [COMMAND_STRING] virsh [OPTION]… COMMAND [ARG]… DESCRIPTION The virsh program is the main interface for managing virsh guest domains. The program can be used to create, pause, and shutdown domains. It can also be used to list current domains. Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with…
NAME vipe – edit pipe SYNOPSIS command1 | vipe | command2 DESCRIPTION vipe allows you to run your editor in the middle of a unix pipeline and edit the data that is being piped between programs. Your editor will have the full data being piped from command1 loaded into it, and when you close it,…
NAME vinagre – a remote desktop viewer for the GNOME Desktop SYNOPSYS vinagre [OPTIONS] [server][::port|:display] DESCRIPTION vinagre is a remote desktop viewer for the GNOME desktop. It can support many protocols using a plugin system. Current plugins exist for VNC and SSH. Vinagre has many features, among others:. – Support for multiple connections simultaneously –…
NAME vim – Vi IMproved, a programmer’s text editor SYNOPSIS vim [options] [file ..] vim [options] – vim [options] -t tag vim [options] -q [errorfile] ex gex view gvim gview vimx evim eview rvim rview rgvim rgview DESCRIPTION Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi. It can be used to edit…
NAME vimtutor – the Vim tutor SYNOPSIS vimtutor [-g] [language] DESCRIPTION Vimtutor starts the Vim tutor. It copies the tutor file first, so that it can be modified without changing the original file. The Vimtutor is useful for people that want to learn their first Vim commands. The optional argument -g starts vimtutor with gvim…
NAME vimdot – Combined text editor and dot viewer SYNOPSIS vimdot [file] DESCRIPTION vimdot is a simple script which launches the gvim or vim editor along with a GUI window showing the dot output of the edited file. The dot output window automatically refreshes everytime the file is saved in the editor. If no filename…
NAME vimdiff – edit between two and eight versions of a file with Vim and show differences SYNOPSIS vimdiff [options] file1 file2 [file3 [file4 [file5 [file6 [file7 [file8]]]]]] gvimdiff DESCRIPTION Vimdiff starts Vim on two up to eight files. Each file gets its own window. The differences between the files are highlighted. This is a…