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vboxmanage

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Interface with VirtualBox. Includes all the functionality of the GUI and more. Some subcommands such as startvm have their own usage documentation.

List all VirtualBox virtual machines

VBoxManage list vmsIdentify

Show information about a particular virtual machine

VBoxManage showvminfo nameIdentify

Start a virtual machine

VBoxManage startvm nameIdentify

Start a virtual machine in headless mode

VBoxManage startvm name --type headlessIdentify

Shut down the virtual machine and save its current state

VBoxManage controlvm name savestateIdentify

Shut down the virtual machine without saving its state

VBoxManage controlvm name poweroffIdentify

Update VBox extension packs

VBoxManage extpack install --replace VboxExtensionPackFileNameIdentify

Display help

VBoxManage --helpIdentify