lxc-ls(1) — Linux manual page

lxc-ls(1)                                                       lxc-ls(1)

NAME         top

       lxc-ls - list the containers existing on the system

SYNOPSIS         top

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

DESCRIPTION         top

       lxc-ls list the containers existing on the system.

OPTIONS         top

       -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 out‐
              put.  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         top

       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         top

       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 ER‐
              ROR. 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 virtualiza‐
              tion 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 previ‐
              ously created container (via lxc-create).

       --version
              Show the version number.

SEE ALSO         top

       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         top

       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.

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the lxc (Linux containers) project.  Informa‐
       tion about the project can be found at 
       ⟨http://linuxcontainers.org/⟩.  If you have a bug report for this
       manual page, send it to lxc-devel@lists.linuxcontainers.org.  This
       page was obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
       ⟨https://github.com/lxc/lxc.git⟩ on 2025-08-11.  (At that time,
       the date of the most recent commit that was found in the
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                                2024-04-03                      lxc-ls(1)

Pages that refer to this page: lxc-attach(1),  lxc-autostart(1),  lxc-cgroup(1),  lxc-checkconfig(1),  lxc-checkpoint(1),  lxc-config(1),  lxc-console(1),  lxc-copy(1),  lxc-create(1),  lxc-destroy(1),  lxc-device(1),  lxc-execute(1),  lxc-freeze(1),  lxc-info(1),  lxc-ls(1),  lxc-monitor(1),  lxc-snapshot(1),  lxc-start(1),  lxc-stop(1),  lxc-top(1),  lxc-unfreeze(1),  lxc-unshare(1),  lxc-update-config(1),  lxc-usernsexec(1),  lxc-wait(1),  lxc.container.conf(5),  lxc.system.conf(5),  lxc(7)

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