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6 lxc-info - query information about a container
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9 lxc-info {-n name} [-c KEY] [-s] [-p] [-i] [-S] [-H]
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12 lxc-info queries and shows information about a container.
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15 -c, --config KEY
16 Print a configuration key from the container. This option may be
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20 Just print the container's state.
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23 Just print the container's pid.
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26 Just print the container's IP addresses.
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29 Just print the container's statistics. Note that for perfor‐
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41 Print the container's statistics in raw, non-humanized form. The
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47 -?, -h, --help
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51 Give the usage message
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57 Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.
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60 Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.
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63 Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log priority is ERROR.
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72 Use container identifier NAME. The container identifier format
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83 --version
84 Show the version number.
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87 lxc-info -n foo
88 Show information for foo.
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90 lxc-info -n 'ubuntu.*'
91 Show information for all containers whose name starts with ubun‐
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94 lxc-info -n foo -c lxc.net.0.veth.pair
95 prints the veth pair name of foo.
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98 lxc(7), lxc-create(1), lxc-copy(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-
99 stop(1), lxc-execute(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-monitor(1), lxc-wait(1),
100 lxc-cgroup(1), lxc-ls(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-unfreeze(1),
101 lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)
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104 Stéphane Graber <stgraber@ubuntu.com>
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108 2021-05-08 lxc-info(1)