5 guestfish - the libguestfs Filesystem Interactive SHell
9 guestfish [--options] [commands]
13 guestfish [--ro|--rw] -a disk.img
15 guestfish [--ro|--rw] -a disk.img -m dev[:mountpoint]
17 guestfish -d libvirt-domain
19 guestfish [--ro|--rw] -a disk.img -i
21 guestfish -d libvirt-domain -i
25 Using guestfish in read/write mode on live virtual machines can be
26 dangerous, potentially causing disk corruption. Use the I<--ro>
27 (read-only) option to use guestfish safely if the disk image or
28 virtual machine might be live.
32 Guestfish is a shell and command-line tool for examining and modifying
33 virtual machine filesystems. It uses libguestfs and exposes all of
34 the functionality of the guestfs API, see L<guestfs(3)>.
36 Guestfish gives you structured access to the libguestfs API, from
37 shell scripts or the command line or interactively. If you want to
38 rescue a broken virtual machine image, you should look at the
39 L<virt-rescue(1)> command.
43 =head2 As an interactive shell
47 Welcome to guestfish, the libguestfs filesystem interactive shell for
48 editing virtual machine filesystems.
50 Type: 'help' for a list of commands
51 'man' to read the manual
52 'quit' to quit the shell
56 ><fs> list-filesystems
58 /dev/vg_guest/lv_root: ext4
59 /dev/vg_guest/lv_swap: swap
60 ><fs> mount /dev/vg_guest/lv_root /
67 =head2 From shell scripts
69 Create a new C</etc/motd> file in a guest or disk image:
74 mount /dev/vg_guest/lv_root /
75 write /etc/motd "Welcome, new users"
78 List the LVM logical volumes in a disk image:
80 guestfish -a disk.img --ro <<_EOF_
85 List all the filesystems in a disk image:
87 guestfish -a disk.img --ro <<_EOF_
92 =head2 On one command line
94 Update C</etc/resolv.conf> in a guest:
97 add disk.img : run : mount /dev/vg_guest/lv_root / : \
98 write /etc/resolv.conf "nameserver 1.2.3.4"
100 Edit C</boot/grub/grub.conf> interactively:
102 guestfish --rw --add disk.img \
103 --mount /dev/vg_guest/lv_root \
104 --mount /dev/sda1:/boot \
105 edit /boot/grub/grub.conf
107 =head2 Mount disks automatically
109 Use the I<-i> option to automatically mount the
110 disks from a virtual machine:
112 guestfish --ro -a disk.img -i cat /etc/group
114 guestfish --ro -d libvirt-domain -i cat /etc/group
116 Another way to edit C</boot/grub/grub.conf> interactively is:
118 guestfish --rw -a disk.img -i edit /boot/grub/grub.conf
120 =head2 As a script interpreter
122 Create a 100MB disk containing an ext2-formatted partition:
124 #!/usr/bin/guestfish -f
125 sparse test1.img 100M
127 part-disk /dev/sda mbr
130 =head2 Start with a prepared disk
132 An alternate way to create a 100MB disk called C<test1.img> containing
133 a single ext2-formatted partition:
137 To list what is available do:
139 guestfish -N help | less
141 =head2 Remote control
143 eval "`guestfish --listen`"
144 guestfish --remote add-ro disk.img
145 guestfish --remote run
146 guestfish --remote lvs
154 Displays general help on options.
160 Lists all available guestfish commands.
164 =item B<--cmd-help cmd>
166 Displays detailed help on a single command C<cmd>.
172 Add a block device or virtual machine image to the shell.
174 The format of the disk image is auto-detected. To override this and
175 force a particular format use the I<--format=..> option.
179 =item B<--connect URI>
181 When used in conjunction with the I<-d> option, this specifies
182 the libvirt URI to use. The default is to use the default libvirt
187 If using the I<--listen> option and a csh-like shell, use this option.
188 See section L</REMOTE CONTROL AND CSH> below.
190 =item B<-d libvirt-domain>
192 =item B<--domain libvirt-domain>
194 Add disks from the named libvirt domain. If the I<--ro> option is
195 also used, then any libvirt domain can be used. However in write
196 mode, only libvirt domains which are shut down can be named here.
200 =item B<--no-dest-paths>
202 Don't tab-complete paths on the guest filesystem. It is useful to be
203 able to hit the tab key to complete paths on the guest filesystem, but
204 this causes extra "hidden" guestfs calls to be made, so this option is
205 here to allow this feature to be disabled.
209 When prompting for keys and passphrases, guestfish normally turns
210 echoing off so you cannot see what you are typing. If you are not
211 worried about Tempest attacks and there is no one else in the room
212 you can specify this flag to see what you are typing.
218 Read commands from C<file>. To write pure guestfish
221 #!/usr/bin/guestfish -f
223 =item B<--format=raw|qcow2|..>
227 The default for the I<-a> option is to auto-detect the format of the
228 disk image. Using this forces the disk format for I<-a> options which
229 follow on the command line. Using I<--format> with no argument
230 switches back to auto-detection for subsequent I<-a> options.
234 guestfish --format=raw -a disk.img
236 forces raw format (no auto-detection) for C<disk.img>.
238 guestfish --format=raw -a disk.img --format -a another.img
240 forces raw format (no auto-detection) for C<disk.img> and reverts to
241 auto-detection for C<another.img>.
243 If you have untrusted raw-format guest disk images, you should use
244 this option to specify the disk format. This avoids a possible
245 security problem with malicious guests (CVE-2010-3851). See also
252 Using L<virt-inspector(1)> code, inspect the disks looking for
253 an operating system and mount filesystems as they would be
254 mounted on the real virtual machine.
256 Typical usage is either:
258 guestfish -d myguest -i
260 (for an inactive libvirt domain called I<myguest>), or:
262 guestfish --ro -d myguest -i
264 (for active domains, readonly), or specify the block device directly:
266 guestfish --rw -a /dev/Guests/MyGuest -i
268 Note that the command line syntax changed slightly over older
269 versions of guestfish. You can still use the old syntax:
271 guestfish [--ro] -i disk.img
273 guestfish [--ro] -i libvirt-domain
275 =item B<--keys-from-stdin>
277 Read key or passphrase parameters from stdin. The default is
278 to try to read passphrases from the user by opening C</dev/tty>.
282 Fork into the background and listen for remote commands. See section
283 L</REMOTE CONTROL GUESTFISH OVER A SOCKET> below.
285 =item B<-m dev[:mountpoint]>
287 =item B<--mount dev[:mountpoint]>
289 Mount the named partition or logical volume on the given mountpoint.
291 If the mountpoint is omitted, it defaults to C</>.
293 You have to mount something on C</> before most commands will work.
295 If any I<-m> or I<--mount> options are given, the guest is
296 automatically launched.
298 If you don't know what filesystems a disk image contains, you can
299 either run guestfish without this option, then list the partitions,
300 filesystems and LVs available (see L</list-partitions>,
301 L</list-filesystems> and L</lvs> commands), or you can use the
302 L<virt-filesystems(1)> program.
308 Disable autosync. This is enabled by default. See the discussion
309 of autosync in the L<guestfs(3)> manpage.
317 Prepare a fresh disk image formatted as "type". This is an
318 alternative to the I<-a> option: whereas I<-a> adds an existing disk,
319 I<-N> creates a preformatted disk with a filesystem and adds it.
320 See L</PREPARED DISK IMAGES> below.
322 =item B<--progress-bars>
324 Enable progress bars, even when guestfish is used non-interactively.
326 Progress bars are enabled by default when guestfish is used as an
329 =item B<--no-progress-bars>
331 Disable progress bars.
333 =item B<--remote[=pid]>
335 Send remote commands to C<$GUESTFISH_PID> or C<pid>. See section
336 L</REMOTE CONTROL GUESTFISH OVER A SOCKET> below.
342 This changes the I<-a> and I<-m> options so that disks are added and
343 mounts are done read-only (see L<guestfs(3)/guestfs_mount_ro>).
345 The option must always be used if the disk image or virtual machine
346 might be running, and is generally recommended in cases where you
347 don't need write access to the disk.
349 Note that prepared disk images created with I<-N> are not affected by
352 See also L</OPENING DISKS FOR READ AND WRITE> below.
356 Enable SELinux support for the guest. See L<guestfs(3)/SELINUX>.
362 Enable very verbose messages. This is particularly useful if you find
369 Display the guestfish / libguestfs version number and exit.
375 This option does nothing at the moment.
376 See L</OPENING DISKS FOR READ AND WRITE> below.
380 Echo each command before executing it.
384 =head1 COMMANDS ON COMMAND LINE
386 Any additional (non-option) arguments are treated as commands to
389 Commands to execute should be separated by a colon (C<:>), where the
390 colon is a separate parameter. Thus:
392 guestfish cmd [args...] : cmd [args...] : cmd [args...] ...
394 If there are no additional arguments, then we enter a shell, either an
395 interactive shell with a prompt (if the input is a terminal) or a
396 non-interactive shell.
398 In either command line mode or non-interactive shell, the first
399 command that gives an error causes the whole shell to exit. In
400 interactive mode (with a prompt) if a command fails, you can continue
403 =head1 USING launch (OR run)
405 As with L<guestfs(3)>, you must first configure your guest by adding
406 disks, then launch it, then mount any disks you need, and finally
407 issue actions/commands. So the general order of the day is:
429 C<run> is a synonym for C<launch>. You must C<launch> (or C<run>)
430 your guest before mounting or performing any other commands.
432 The only exception is that if any of the I<-i>, I<-m>, I<--mount>,
433 I<-N> or I<--new> options were given then C<run> is done
434 automatically, simply because guestfish can't perform the action you
435 asked for without doing this.
437 =head1 OPENING DISKS FOR READ AND WRITE
439 The guestfish (and L<guestmount(1)>) options I<--ro> and I<--rw>
440 affect whether the other command line options I<-a>, I<-c>, I<-d>,
441 I<-i> and I<-m> open disk images read-only or for writing.
443 In libguestfs E<lt> 1.6.2, guestfish and guestmount defaulted to
444 opening disk images supplied on the command line for write. To open a
445 disk image read-only you have to do I<-a image --ro>.
447 This matters: If you accidentally open a live VM disk image writable
448 then you will cause irreversible disk corruption.
450 By libguestfs 1.8 we intend to change the default the other way. Disk
451 images will be opened read-only. You will have to either specify
452 I<guestfish --rw> or change a configuration file in order to get write
453 access for disk images specified by those other command line options.
455 This version of guestfish has a I<--rw> option which does nothing (it
456 is already the default). However it is highly recommended that you
457 use this option to indicate that guestfish needs write access, and to
458 prepare your scripts for the day when this option will be required for
461 B<Note:> This does I<not> affect commands like L</add> and L</mount>,
462 or any other libguestfs program apart from guestfish and guestmount.
466 You can quote ordinary parameters using either single or double
469 add "file with a space.img"
475 A few commands require a list of strings to be passed. For these, use
476 a whitespace-separated list, enclosed in quotes. Strings containing whitespace
477 to be passed through must be enclosed in single quotes. A literal single quote
478 must be escaped with a backslash.
480 vgcreate VG "/dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1"
481 command "/bin/echo 'foo bar'"
482 command "/bin/echo \'foo\'"
484 =head1 OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS
486 Some commands take optional arguments. These arguments appear in this
487 documentation as C<[argname:..]>. You can use them as in these
490 add-drive-opts filename
492 add-drive-opts filename readonly:true
494 add-drive-opts filename format:qcow2 readonly:false
496 Each optional argument can appear at most once. All optional
497 arguments must appear after the required ones.
501 This section applies to all commands which can take integers
506 When the command takes a parameter measured in bytes, you can use one
507 of the following suffixes to specify kilobytes, megabytes and larger
512 =item B<k> or B<K> or B<KiB>
514 The size in kilobytes (multiplied by 1024).
518 The size in SI 1000 byte units.
522 The size in megabytes (multiplied by 1048576).
526 The size in SI 1000000 byte units.
530 The size in gigabytes (multiplied by 2**30).
534 The size in SI 10**9 byte units.
538 The size in terabytes (multiplied by 2**40).
542 The size in SI 10**12 byte units.
546 The size in petabytes (multiplied by 2**50).
550 The size in SI 10**15 byte units.
554 The size in exabytes (multiplied by 2**60).
558 The size in SI 10**18 byte units.
562 The size in zettabytes (multiplied by 2**70).
566 The size in SI 10**21 byte units.
570 The size in yottabytes (multiplied by 2**80).
574 The size in SI 10**24 byte units.
580 truncate-size /file 1G
582 would truncate the file to 1 gigabyte.
584 Be careful because a few commands take sizes in kilobytes or megabytes
585 (eg. the parameter to L</memsize> is specified in megabytes already).
586 Adding a suffix will probably not do what you expect.
588 =head2 OCTAL AND HEXADECIMAL NUMBERS
590 For specifying the radix (base) use the C convention: C<0> to prefix
591 an octal number or C<0x> to prefix a hexadecimal number. For example:
593 1234 decimal number 1234
594 02322 octal number, equivalent to decimal 1234
595 0x4d2 hexadecimal number, equivalent to decimal 1234
597 When using the C<chmod> command, you almost always want to specify an
598 octal number for the mode, and you must prefix it with C<0> (unlike
599 the Unix L<chmod(1)> program):
601 chmod 0777 /public # OK
602 chmod 777 /public # WRONG! This is mode 777 decimal = 01411 octal.
604 Commands that return numbers usually print them in decimal, but
605 some commands print numbers in other radices (eg. C<umask> prints
606 the mode in octal, preceeded by C<0>).
608 =head1 WILDCARDS AND GLOBBING
610 Neither guestfish nor the underlying guestfs API performs
611 wildcard expansion (globbing) by default. So for example the
612 following will not do what you expect:
616 Assuming you don't have a directory called literally C</home/*>
617 then the above command will return an error.
619 To perform wildcard expansion, use the C<glob> command.
623 runs C<rm-rf> on each path that matches (ie. potentially running
624 the command many times), equivalent to:
630 C<glob> only works on simple guest paths and not on device names.
632 If you have several parameters, each containing a wildcard, then glob
633 will perform a Cartesian product.
637 Any line which starts with a I<#> character is treated as a comment
638 and ignored. The I<#> can optionally be preceeded by whitespace,
639 but B<not> by a command. For example:
645 Blank lines are also ignored.
647 =head1 RUNNING COMMANDS LOCALLY
649 Any line which starts with a I<!> character is treated as a command
650 sent to the local shell (C</bin/sh> or whatever L<system(3)> uses).
654 tgz-out /remote local/remote-data.tar.gz
656 will create a directory C<local> on the host, and then export
657 the contents of C</remote> on the mounted filesystem to
658 C<local/remote-data.tar.gz>. (See C<tgz-out>).
660 To change the local directory, use the C<lcd> command. C<!cd> will
661 have no effect, due to the way that subprocesses work in Unix.
665 Use C<command E<lt>spaceE<gt> | command> to pipe the output of the
666 first command (a guestfish command) to the second command (any host
667 command). For example:
669 cat /etc/passwd | awk -F: '$3 == 0 { print }'
671 (where C<cat> is the guestfish cat command, but C<awk> is the host awk
672 program). The above command would list all accounts in the guest
673 filesystem which have UID 0, ie. root accounts including backdoors.
676 hexdump /bin/ls | head
677 list-devices | tail -1
678 tgz-out / - | tar ztf -
680 The space before the pipe symbol is required, any space after the pipe
681 symbol is optional. Everything after the pipe symbol is just passed
682 straight to the host shell, so it can contain redirections, globs and
683 anything else that makes sense on the host side.
685 To use a literal argument which begins with a pipe symbol, you have
690 =head1 HOME DIRECTORIES
692 If a parameter starts with the character C<~> then the tilde may be
693 expanded as a home directory path (either C<~> for the current user's
694 home directory, or C<~user> for another user).
696 Note that home directory expansion happens for users known I<on the
697 host>, not in the guest filesystem.
699 To use a literal argument which begins with a tilde, you have to quote
704 =head1 ENCRYPTED DISKS
706 Libguestfs has some support for Linux guests encrypted according to
707 the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) standard, which includes nearly all
708 whole disk encryption systems used by modern Linux guests. Currently
709 only LVM-on-LUKS is supported.
711 Identify encrypted block devices and partitions using L</vfs-type>:
713 ><fs> vfs-type /dev/sda2
716 Then open those devices using L</luks-open>. This creates a
717 device-mapper device called C</dev/mapper/luksdev>.
719 ><fs> luks-open /dev/sda2 luksdev
720 Enter key or passphrase ("key"): <enter the passphrase>
722 Finally you have to tell LVM to scan for volume groups on
723 the newly created mapper device:
728 The logical volume(s) can now be mounted in the usual way.
730 Before closing a LUKS device you must unmount any logical volumes on
731 it and deactivate the volume groups by calling C<vg-activate false VG>
732 on each one. Then you can close the mapper device:
734 vg-activate false /dev/VG
735 luks-close /dev/mapper/luksdev
739 If a path is prefixed with C<win:> then you can use Windows-style
740 paths (with some limitations). The following commands are equivalent:
742 file /WINDOWS/system32/config/system.LOG
744 file win:/windows/system32/config/system.log
746 file win:\windows\system32\config\system.log
748 file WIN:C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\conFIG\SYSTEM.LOG
750 This syntax implicitly calls C<case-sensitive-path> (q.v.) so it also
751 handles case insensitivity like Windows would. This only works in
752 argument positions that expect a path.
754 =head1 UPLOADING AND DOWNLOADING FILES
756 For commands such as C<upload>, C<download>, C<tar-in>, C<tar-out> and
757 others which upload from or download to a local file, you can use the
758 special filename C<-> to mean "from stdin" or "to stdout". For example:
762 reads stdin and creates from that a file C</foo> in the disk image,
765 tar-out /etc - | tar tf -
767 writes the tarball to stdout and then pipes that into the external
768 "tar" command (see L</PIPES>).
770 When using C<-> to read from stdin, the input is read up to the end of
771 stdin. You can also use a special "heredoc"-like syntax to read up to
772 some arbitrary end marker:
780 Any string of characters can be used instead of C<END>. The end
781 marker must appear on a line of its own, without any preceeding or
782 following characters (not even spaces).
784 Note that the C<-E<lt>E<lt>> syntax only applies to parameters used to
785 upload local files (so-called "FileIn" parameters in the generator).
787 =head1 EXIT ON ERROR BEHAVIOUR
789 By default, guestfish will ignore any errors when in interactive mode
790 (ie. taking commands from a human over a tty), and will exit on the
791 first error in non-interactive mode (scripts, commands given on the
794 If you prefix a command with a I<-> character, then that command will
795 not cause guestfish to exit, even if that (one) command returns an
798 =head1 REMOTE CONTROL GUESTFISH OVER A SOCKET
800 Guestfish can be remote-controlled over a socket. This is useful
801 particularly in shell scripts where you want to make several different
802 changes to a filesystem, but you don't want the overhead of starting
803 up a guestfish process each time.
805 Start a guestfish server process using:
807 eval "`guestfish --listen`"
809 and then send it commands by doing:
811 guestfish --remote cmd [...]
813 To cause the server to exit, send it the exit command:
815 guestfish --remote exit
817 Note that the server will normally exit if there is an error in a
818 command. You can change this in the usual way. See section
819 L</EXIT ON ERROR BEHAVIOUR>.
821 =head2 CONTROLLING MULTIPLE GUESTFISH PROCESSES
823 The C<eval> statement sets the environment variable C<$GUESTFISH_PID>,
824 which is how the I<--remote> option knows where to send the commands.
825 You can have several guestfish listener processes running using:
827 eval "`guestfish --listen`"
829 eval "`guestfish --listen`"
832 guestfish --remote=$pid1 cmd
833 guestfish --remote=$pid2 cmd
835 =head2 REMOTE CONTROL AND CSH
837 When using csh-like shells (csh, tcsh etc) you have to add the
840 eval "`guestfish --listen --csh`"
842 =head2 REMOTE CONTROL DETAILS
844 Remote control happens over a Unix domain socket called
845 C</tmp/.guestfish-$UID/socket-$PID>, where C<$UID> is the effective
846 user ID of the process, and C<$PID> is the process ID of the server.
848 Guestfish client and server versions must match exactly.
850 =head1 PREPARED DISK IMAGES
852 Use the I<-N type> or I<--new type> parameter to select one of a set
853 of preformatted disk images that guestfish can make for you to save
854 typing. This is particularly useful for testing purposes. This
855 option is used instead of the I<-a> option, and like I<-a> can appear
856 multiple times (and can be mixed with I<-a>).
858 The new disk is called C<test1.img> for the first I<-N>, C<test2.img>
859 for the second and so on. Existing files in the current directory are
862 The type briefly describes how the disk should be sized, partitioned,
863 how filesystem(s) should be created, and how content should be added.
864 Optionally the type can be followed by extra parameters, separated by
865 C<:> (colon) characters. For example, I<-N fs> creates a default
866 100MB, sparsely-allocated disk, containing a single partition, with
867 the partition formatted as ext2. I<-N fs:ext4:1G> is the same, but
868 for an ext4 filesystem on a 1GB disk instead.
870 To list the available types and any extra parameters they take, run:
872 guestfish -N help | less
874 Note that the prepared filesystem is not mounted. You would usually
875 have to use the C<mount /dev/sda1 /> command or add the
876 I<-m /dev/sda1> option.
878 If any I<-N> or I<--new> options are given, the guest is automatically
883 Create a 100MB disk with an ext4-formatted partition:
887 Create a 32MB disk with a VFAT-formatted partition, and mount it:
889 guestfish -N fs:vfat:32M -m /dev/sda1
891 Create a blank 200MB disk:
893 guestfish -N disk:200M
897 Some (not all) long-running commands send progress notification
898 messages as they are running. Guestfish turns these messages into
901 When a command that supports progress bars takes longer than two
902 seconds to run, and if progress bars are enabled, then you will see
903 one appearing below the command:
905 ><fs> copy-size /large-file /another-file 2048M
906 / 10% [#####-----------------------------------------] 00:30
908 The spinner on the left hand side moves round once for every progress
909 notification received from the backend. This is a (reasonably) golden
910 assurance that the command is "doing something" even if the progress
911 bar is not moving, because the command is able to send the progress
912 notifications. When the bar reaches 100% and the command finishes,
913 the spinner disappears.
915 Progress bars are enabled by default when guestfish is used
916 interactively. You can enable them even for non-interactive modes
917 using I<--progress-bars>, and you can disable them completely using
918 I<--no-progress-bars>.
920 =head1 GUESTFISH COMMANDS
922 The commands in this section are guestfish convenience commands, in
923 other words, they are not part of the L<guestfs(3)> API.
930 Without any parameter, this provides general help.
932 With a C<cmd> parameter, this displays detailed help for that command.
936 This exits guestfish. You can also use C<^D> key.
946 guestfish returns 0 if the commands completed without error, or
947 1 if there was an error.
949 =head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
955 The C<edit> command uses C<$EDITOR> as the editor. If not
960 Used with the I<--remote> option to specify the remote guestfish
961 process to control. See section
962 L</REMOTE CONTROL GUESTFISH OVER A SOCKET>.
966 The L</hexedit> command uses C<$HEXEDITOR> as the external hex
967 editor. If not specified, the external L<hexedit(1)> program
972 If compiled with GNU readline support, various files in the
973 home directory can be used. See L</FILES>.
975 =item LIBGUESTFS_APPEND
977 Pass additional options to the guest kernel.
979 =item LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG
981 Set C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> to enable verbose messages. This has the
982 same effect as using the B<-v> option.
984 =item LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE
986 Set the memory allocated to the qemu process, in megabytes. For
989 LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE=700
991 =item LIBGUESTFS_PATH
993 Set the path that guestfish uses to search for kernel and initrd.img.
994 See the discussion of paths in L<guestfs(3)>.
996 =item LIBGUESTFS_QEMU
998 Set the default qemu binary that libguestfs uses. If not set, then
999 the qemu which was found at compile time by the configure script is
1002 =item LIBGUESTFS_TRACE
1004 Set C<LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1> to enable command traces.
1008 The C<more> command uses C<$PAGER> as the pager. If not
1009 set, it uses C<more>.
1013 Location of temporary directory, defaults to C</tmp>.
1015 If libguestfs was compiled to use the supermin appliance then the
1016 real appliance is cached in this directory, shared between all
1017 handles belonging to the same EUID. You can use C<$TMPDIR> to
1018 configure another directory to use in case C</tmp> is not large
1027 =item $HOME/.guestfish
1029 If compiled with GNU readline support, then the command history
1030 is saved in this file.
1032 =item $HOME/.inputrc
1036 If compiled with GNU readline support, then these files can be used to
1037 configure readline. For further information, please see
1038 L<readline(3)/INITIALIZATION FILE>.
1040 To write rules which only apply to guestfish, use:
1046 Variables that you can set in inputrc that change the behaviour
1047 of guestfish in useful ways include:
1051 =item completion-ignore-case (default: on)
1053 By default, guestfish will ignore case when tab-completing
1054 paths on the disk. Use:
1056 set completion-ignore-case off
1058 to make guestfish case sensitive.
1064 =item test2.img (etc)
1066 When using the C<-N> or C<--new> option, the prepared disk or
1067 filesystem will be created in the file C<test1.img> in the current
1068 directory. The second use of C<-N> will use C<test2.img> and so on.
1069 Any existing file with the same name will be overwritten.
1076 L<http://libguestfs.org/>,
1080 L<virt-filesystems(1)>,
1081 L<virt-inspector(1)>,
1082 L<virt-list-filesystems(1)>,
1083 L<virt-list-partitions(1)>,
1094 Richard W.M. Jones (C<rjones at redhat dot com>)
1098 Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Red Hat Inc.
1099 L<http://libguestfs.org/>
1101 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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1113 Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.