lxc-ls (1) Linux Manual Page
lxc-ls – list the containers existing on the system
Synopsis
lxc-ls [-1] [-P lxcpath] [–active] [–frozen] [–running] [–stopped] [-f] [-F format] [–nesting] [filter] [–version]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)
- [-P, –lxcpath]
- Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.
- [–active]
- List only active containers (same as –frozen –running).
- [–frozen]
- List only frozen containers.
- [–running]
- List only running containers.
- [–stopped]
- List only stopped containers.
- [-f, –fancy]
- Use a fancy, column-based output.
- [-F, –fancy-format format]
- Comma separated list of column to show in the fancy output. The list of accepted and default fields is listed in –help.
- [–nesting]
- Show nested containers.
- [filter]
- The filter passed to lxc-ls will be applied to the container name. The format is a regular expression.
- [–version]
- Show the version number.
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.