tldr/pages/common/vboxmanage.md

# VBoxManage

> Command-line interface to VirtualBox.
> Includes all the functionality of the GUI and more.
> Some subcommands such as `vboxmanage startvm` have their own usage documentation.
> More information: <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-intro>.

- Display version:

`VBoxManage --version`

- Display help:

`VBoxManage --help`

- Display help for a VBoxManage subcommand (like `starvm`, `clonevm`, `import`, `export`, etc.):

`VBoxManage --help {{subcommand}}`

- Execute a VboxManage subcommand:

`VBoxManage {{subcommand}}`
vboxmanage: add page (#3072) 2019-06-03 22:17:57 +10:00			`# VBoxManage`

			`> Command-line interface to VirtualBox.`
			`> Includes all the functionality of the GUI and more.`
vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page (#11667) * vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-12-06 02:40:47 +01:00			> Some subcommands such as `vboxmanage startvm` have their own usage documentation.
vboxmanage: add page (#3072) 2019-06-03 22:17:57 +10:00			`> More information: <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-intro>.`

vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page (#11667) * vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-12-06 02:40:47 +01:00			`- Display version:`
vboxmanage: add page (#3072) 2019-06-03 22:17:57 +10:00
vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page (#11667) * vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-12-06 02:40:47 +01:00			`VBoxManage --version`
vboxmanage: add page (#3072) 2019-06-03 22:17:57 +10:00
vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page (#11667) * vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-12-06 02:40:47 +01:00			`- Display help:`
vboxmanage: add page (#3072) 2019-06-03 22:17:57 +10:00
vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page (#11667) * vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-12-06 02:40:47 +01:00			`VBoxManage --help`
vboxmanage: add page (#3072) 2019-06-03 22:17:57 +10:00
vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page (#11667) * vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-12-06 02:40:47 +01:00			- Display help for a VBoxManage subcommand (like `starvm`, `clonevm`, `import`, `export`, etc.):
vboxmanage: add page (#3072) 2019-06-03 22:17:57 +10:00
vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page (#11667) * vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-12-06 02:40:47 +01:00			`VBoxManage --help {{subcommand}}`
vboxmanage: add page (#3072) 2019-06-03 22:17:57 +10:00
vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page (#11667) * vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-12-06 02:40:47 +01:00			`- Execute a VboxManage subcommand:`
vboxmanage: add page (#3072) 2019-06-03 22:17:57 +10:00
vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page (#11667) * vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-12-06 02:40:47 +01:00			`VBoxManage {{subcommand}}`