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pvs — Display information about physical volumes. See also: `lvm`. More information: <https://manned.org/p

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Problem

How to use the pvs command: Display information about physical volumes. See also: lvm. More information: <https://manned.org/pvs>.

Solution

pvs — Display information about physical volumes. See also: lvm. More information: <https://manned.org/pvs>.

Display information about physical volumes:

sudo pvs

Display non-physical volumes:

sudo pvs {{[-a|--all]}}

Change default display to show more details:

sudo pvs {{[-v|--verbose]}}

Display only specific fields:

sudo pvs {{[-o|--options]}} {{field_name_1,field_name_2,...}}

Append field to default display:

sudo pvs {{[-o|--options]}} +{{field_name}}

Suppress heading line:

sudo pvs --noheadings

Use separator to separate fields:

sudo pvs --separator {{special_character}}

Code Snippets

Display information about physical volumes

sudo pvs

Display non-physical volumes

sudo pvs {{[-a|--all]}}

Change default display to show more details

sudo pvs {{[-v|--verbose]}}

Display only specific fields

sudo pvs {{[-o|--options]}} {{field_name_1,field_name_2,...}}

Append field to default display

sudo pvs {{[-o|--options]}} +{{field_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/pvs

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