pvs
Report physical volume information
TLDR
List physical volumes
$ sudo pvs
List all including non-PVs$ sudo pvs -a
Verbose output$ sudo pvs -v
Show specific fields$ sudo pvs -o pv_name,vg_name,pv_size
Append field$ sudo pvs -o +field_name
No headings$ sudo pvs --noheadings
Use separator$ sudo pvs --separator =
SYNOPSIS
pvs [OPTIONS] [PhysicalVolume...]
DESCRIPTION
pvs displays information about physical volumes in a configurable table format. It shows device names, volume groups, sizes, and free space for each physical volume.
PARAMETERS
-a, --all
Show devices that are not physical volumes-v, --verbose
Increase verbosity and show additional details-o, --options fields
Specify which fields to display--noheadings
Suppress the heading line in output--separator char
Use specified character as field separator--units units
Display sizes in specified units
INSTALL
sudo apt install lvm2
sudo dnf install lvm2
sudo pacman -S lvm2
sudo apk add lvm2
sudo zypper install lvm2
nix profile install nixpkgs#lvm2
CAVEATS
Physical volumes that are not part of a volume group will show empty VG field. Use -a to see devices that could become physical volumes.
HISTORY
pvs is part of LVM2, the Linux Logical Volume Manager.
