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<refmeta>

<refentrytitle>lxc-ls</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname>lxc-ls</refname>

<refpurpose>

list the containers existing on the system

</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<cmdsynopsis>

<command>lxc-ls</command>

<arg choice="opt">-1</arg>

<arg choice="opt">--active</arg>

<arg choice="opt">--frozen</arg>

<arg choice="opt">--running</arg>

<arg choice="opt">--stopped</arg>

<arg choice="opt">--fancy</arg>

<arg choice="opt">--fancy-format</arg>

<arg choice="opt">filter</arg>

</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>Description</title>

<para>

<command>lxc-ls</command> list the containers existing on the

system.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Options</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option><optional>-1</optional></option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

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

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option><optional>--active</optional></option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

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

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option><optional>--frozen</optional></option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

List only frozen containers.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option><optional>--running</optional></option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

List only running containers.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option><optional>--stopped</optional></option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

List only stopped containers.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option><optional>--fancy</optional></option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Use a fancy, column-based output.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option><optional>--fancy-format</optional></option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Comma separate list of column to show in the fancy output.

Valid values are: name, state, ipv4, ipv6 and pid

Default is: name,state,ipv4,ipv6

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option><optional>filter</optional></option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

The filter passed to <command>lxc-ls</command> will be

applied to the container name. The format is a regular expression.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>See Also</title>

<simpara>

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>ls</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>,

</simpara>

<title>Examples</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>lxc-ls --fancy</term>

<listitem>

<para>

list all the containers, listing one per line along with its

name, state, ipv4 and ipv6 addresses.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>lxc-ls --active -1</term>

<listitem>

<para>

list active containers and display the list in one column.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Author</title>

<para>Stéphane Graber <email>stgraber@ubuntu.com</email></para>

</refsect1>

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