lxc-ls

lists Linux containers on the system

TLDR

List all containers

$ sudo lxc-ls

List active containers

$ sudo lxc-ls --active

List frozen containers

$ sudo lxc-ls --frozen

List stopped containers

$ sudo lxc-ls --stopped

List with fancy output

$ sudo lxc-ls --fancy

List with custom fancy columns

$ sudo lxc-ls --fancy -F [NAME,STATE,IPV4,IPV6]

List containers matching a regex filter

$ sudo lxc-ls --filter ['^web.*']

SYNOPSIS

lxc-ls [options]

DESCRIPTION

lxc-ls lists Linux containers on the system. It can filter by state and display detailed information in various formats.

PARAMETERS

--active

Show running and frozen containers

--frozen

Show only frozen containers

--running

Show only running containers

--stopped

Show only stopped containers

-f, --fancy

Column-formatted detailed output

-F, --fancy-format COLS

Custom columns for fancy output

-1

One container per line

--filter regex

Filter container names by regular expression

-?, --help

Display help information

FANCY OUTPUT COLUMNS

NAME, STATE, AUTOSTART, GROUPS, IPV4, IPV6, UNPRIVILEGED

CAVEATS

Requires root or appropriate LXC permissions for system containers. Unprivileged containers can be listed without root if configured for the current user.