VBoxManage

Command-line interface to VirtualBox.

Includes all the functionality of the GUI and more.

• List all VirtualBox virtual machines:

VBoxManage list vms

• Show information about a particular virtual machine:

VBoxManage showvminfo {name|uuid}

• Start a virtual machine:

VBoxManage startvm {name|uuid}

• Start a virtual machine in headless mode:

VBoxManage startvm {name|uuid} -type headless

• Shutdown the virtual machine and save its current state:

VBoxManage controlvm {name|uuid} savestate

• Shutdown down the virtual machine without saving its state:

VBoxManage controlvm {name|uuid} poweroff

• Update VBox extension packs:

VBoxManage extpack install --replace {VboxExtensionPackFileName}

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