guestfish supports 267 commands

FAQ entry: The API has hundreds of methods, where do I start? A: Start with the API overview in the manual page.

$ guestfish -h
    Command              Description
help                 display a list of commands or help on a command
quit                 quit guestfish
alloc                allocate an image
echo                 display a line of text
edit                 edit a file in the image
lcd                  local change directory
glob                 expand wildcards in command
more                 view a file in the pager
reopen               close and reopen libguestfs handle
sparse               allocate a sparse image file
time                 measure time taken to run command
add-cdrom            add a CD-ROM disk image to examine
add-drive            add an image to examine or modify
add-drive-ro         add a drive in snapshot mode (read-only)
add-drive-ro-with-if add a drive read-only specifying the QEMU block emulation to use
add-drive-with-if    add a drive specifying the QEMU block emulation to use
aug-close            close the current Augeas handle
aug-defnode          define an Augeas node
aug-defvar           define an Augeas variable
aug-get              look up the value of an Augeas path
aug-init             create a new Augeas handle
aug-insert           insert a sibling Augeas node
aug-load             load files into the tree
aug-ls               list Augeas nodes under augpath
aug-match            return Augeas nodes which match augpath
aug-mv               move Augeas node
aug-rm               remove an Augeas path
aug-save             write all pending Augeas changes to disk
aug-set              set Augeas path to value
available            test availability of some parts of the API
blockdev-flushbufs   flush device buffers
blockdev-getbsz      get blocksize of block device
blockdev-getro       is block device set to read-only
blockdev-getsize64   get total size of device in bytes
blockdev-getss       get sectorsize of block device
blockdev-getsz       get total size of device in 512-byte sectors
blockdev-rereadpt    reread partition table
blockdev-setbsz      set blocksize of block device
blockdev-setro       set block device to read-only
blockdev-setrw       set block device to read-write
case-sensitive-path  return true path on case-insensitive filesystem
cat                  list the contents of a file
checksum             compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of file
chmod                change file mode
chown                change file owner and group
command              run a command from the guest filesystem
command-lines        run a command, returning lines
config               add qemu parameters
cp                   copy a file
cp-a                 copy a file or directory recursively
dd                   copy from source to destination using dd
debug                debugging and internals
df                   report file system disk space usage
df-h                 report file system disk space usage (human readable)
dmesg                return kernel messages
download             download a file to the local machine
drop-caches          drop kernel page cache, dentries and inodes
du                   estimate file space usage
e2fsck-f             check an ext2/ext3 filesystem
echo-daemon          echo arguments back to the client
egrep                return lines matching a pattern
egrepi               return lines matching a pattern
equal                test if two files have equal contents
exists               test if file or directory exists
fallocate            preallocate a file in the guest filesystem
fgrep                return lines matching a pattern
fgrepi               return lines matching a pattern
file                 determine file type
filesize             return the size of the file in bytes
fill                 fill a file with octets
find                 find all files and directories
find0                find all files and directories, returning NUL-separated list
fsck                 run the filesystem checker
get-append           get the additional kernel options
get-autosync         get autosync mode
get-direct           get direct appliance mode flag
get-e2label          get the ext2/3/4 filesystem label
get-e2uuid           get the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID
get-memsize          get memory allocated to the qemu subprocess
get-path             get the search path
get-pid              get PID of qemu subprocess
get-qemu             get the qemu binary
get-recovery-proc    get recovery process enabled flag
get-selinux          get SELinux enabled flag
get-state            get the current state
get-trace            get command trace enabled flag
get-verbose          get verbose mode
getcon               get SELinux security context
getxattrs            list extended attributes of a file or directory
glob-expand          expand a wildcard path
grep                 return lines matching a pattern
grepi                return lines matching a pattern
grub-install         install GRUB
head                 return first 10 lines of a file
head-n               return first N lines of a file
hexdump              dump a file in hexadecimal
initrd-cat           list the contents of a single file in an initrd
initrd-list          list files in an initrd
inotify-add-watch    add an inotify watch
inotify-close        close the inotify handle
inotify-files        return list of watched files that had events
inotify-init         create an inotify handle
inotify-read         return list of inotify events
inotify-rm-watch     remove an inotify watch
is-busy              is busy processing a command
is-config            is in configuration state
is-dir               test if file exists
is-file              test if file exists
is-launching         is launching subprocess
is-ready             is ready to accept commands
kill-subprocess      kill the qemu subprocess
launch               launch the qemu subprocess
lchown               change file owner and group
lgetxattrs           list extended attributes of a file or directory
list-devices         list the block devices
list-partitions      list the partitions
ll                   list the files in a directory (long format)
ln                   create a hard link
ln-f                 create a hard link
ln-s                 create a symbolic link
ln-sf                create a symbolic link
lremovexattr         remove extended attribute of a file or directory
ls                   list the files in a directory
lsetxattr            set extended attribute of a file or directory
lstat                get file information for a symbolic link
lstatlist            lstat on multiple files
lvcreate             create an LVM volume group
lvm-remove-all       remove all LVM LVs, VGs and PVs
lvremove             remove an LVM logical volume
lvrename             rename an LVM logical volume
lvresize             resize an LVM logical volume
lvs                  list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)
lvs-full             list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)
lxattrlist           lgetxattr on multiple files
mkdir                create a directory
mkdir-mode           create a directory with a particular mode
mkdir-p              create a directory and parents
mkdtemp              create a temporary directory
mke2fs-J             make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal
mke2fs-JL            make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal
mke2fs-JU            make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal
mke2journal          make ext2/3/4 external journal
mke2journal-L        make ext2/3/4 external journal with label
mke2journal-U        make ext2/3/4 external journal with UUID
mkfifo               make FIFO (named pipe)
mkfs                 make a filesystem
mkfs-b               make a filesystem with block size
mkmountpoint         create a mountpoint
mknod                make block, character or FIFO devices
mknod-b              make block device node
mknod-c              make char device node
mkswap               create a swap partition
mkswap-L             create a swap partition with a label
mkswap-U             create a swap partition with an explicit UUID
mkswap-file          create a swap file
modprobe             load a kernel module
mount                mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem
mount-loop           mount a file using the loop device
mount-options        mount a guest disk with mount options
mount-ro             mount a guest disk, read-only
mount-vfs            mount a guest disk with mount options and vfstype
mountpoints          show mountpoints
mounts               show mounted filesystems
mv                   move a file
ntfs-3g-probe        probe NTFS volume
part-add             add a partition to the device
part-disk            partition whole disk with a single primary partition
part-get-parttype    get the partition table type
part-init            create an empty partition table
part-list            list partitions on a device
part-set-bootable    make a partition bootable
part-set-name        set partition name
ping-daemon          ping the guest daemon
pread                read part of a file
pvcreate             create an LVM physical volume
pvremove             remove an LVM physical volume
pvresize             resize an LVM physical volume
pvs                  list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)
pvs-full             list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)
read-file            read a file
read-lines           read file as lines
readdir              read directories entries
readlink             read the target of a symbolic link
readlinklist         readlink on multiple files
realpath             canonicalized absolute pathname
removexattr          remove extended attribute of a file or directory
resize2fs            resize an ext2/ext3 filesystem
rm                   remove a file
rm-rf                remove a file or directory recursively
rmdir                remove a directory
rmmountpoint         remove a mountpoint
scrub-device         scrub (securely wipe) a device
scrub-file           scrub (securely wipe) a file
scrub-freespace      scrub (securely wipe) free space
set-append           add options to kernel command line
set-autosync         set autosync mode
set-direct           enable or disable direct appliance mode
set-e2label          set the ext2/3/4 filesystem label
set-e2uuid           set the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID
set-memsize          set memory allocated to the qemu subprocess
set-path             set the search path
set-qemu             set the qemu binary
set-recovery-proc    enable or disable the recovery process
set-selinux          set SELinux enabled or disabled at appliance boot
set-trace            enable or disable command traces
set-verbose          set verbose mode
setcon               set SELinux security context
setxattr             set extended attribute of a file or directory
sfdisk               create partitions on a block device
sfdiskM              create partitions on a block device
sfdisk-N             modify a single partition on a block device
sfdisk-disk-geometry display the disk geometry from the partition table
sfdisk-kernel-geometry display the kernel geometry
sfdisk-l             display the partition table
sh                   run a command via the shell
sh-lines             run a command via the shell returning lines
sleep                sleep for some seconds
stat                 get file information
statvfs              get file system statistics
strings              print the printable strings in a file
strings-e            print the printable strings in a file
swapoff-device       disable swap on device
swapoff-file         disable swap on file
swapoff-label        disable swap on labeled swap partition
swapoff-uuid         disable swap on swap partition by UUID
swapon-device        enable swap on device
swapon-file          enable swap on file
swapon-label         enable swap on labeled swap partition
swapon-uuid          enable swap on swap partition by UUID
sync                 sync disks, writes are flushed through to the disk image
tail                 return last 10 lines of a file
tail-n               return last N lines of a file
tar-in               unpack tarfile to directory
tar-out              pack directory into tarfile
tgz-in               unpack compressed tarball to directory
tgz-out              pack directory into compressed tarball
touch                update file timestamps or create a new file
truncate             truncate a file to zero size
truncate-size        truncate a file to a particular size
tune2fs-l            get ext2/ext3/ext4 superblock details
umask                set file mode creation mask (umask)
umount               unmount a filesystem
umount-all           unmount all filesystems
upload               upload a file from the local machine
utimens              set timestamp of a file with nanosecond precision
version              get the library version number
vfs-type             get the Linux VFS type corresponding to a mounted device
vg-activate          activate or deactivate some volume groups
vg-activate-all      activate or deactivate all volume groups
vgcreate             create an LVM volume group
vgremove             remove an LVM volume group
vgrename             rename an LVM volume group
vgs                  list the LVM volume groups (VGs)
vgs-full             list the LVM volume groups (VGs)
wc-c                 count characters in a file
wc-l                 count lines in a file
wc-w                 count words in a file
write-file           create a file
zegrep               return lines matching a pattern
zegrepi              return lines matching a pattern
zero                 write zeroes to the device
zerofree             zero unused inodes and disk blocks on ext2/3 filesystem
zfgrep               return lines matching a pattern
zfgrepi              return lines matching a pattern
zfile                determine file type inside a compressed file
zgrep                return lines matching a pattern
zgrepi               return lines matching a pattern
    Use -h  / help  to show detailed help for a command.

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