.TH PVS 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*- .SH NAME pvs \- report information about physical volumes .SH SYNOPSIS .B pvs [\-\-aligned] [\-d|\-\-debug] [\-h|\-?|\-\-help] [\-\-ignorelockingfailure] [\-\-noheadings] [\-\-nosuffix] [\-o|\-\-options [+]Field[,Field]] [\-O|\-\-sort [+|-]Key1[,[+|-]Key2[,...]]] [\-\-separator Separator] [\-\-unbuffered] [\-\-units hsbkmgtHKMGT] [\-v|\-\-verbose] [\-\-version] [PhysicalVolume [PhysicalVolume...]] .SH DESCRIPTION pvs produces formatted output about physical volumes. .SH OPTIONS See \fBlvm\fP for common options. .TP .I \-\-aligned Use with \-\-separator to align the output columns. .TP .I \-\-noheadings Suppress the headings line that is normally the first line of output. Useful if grepping the output. .TP .I \-\-nosuffix Suppress the suffix on output sizes. Use with \-\-units (except h and H) if processing the output. .TP .I \-o, \-\-options Comma-separated ordered list of columns. Precede the list with '+' to append to the default selection of columns. Column names are: pv_fmt, pv_uuid, pv_size, dev_size, pv_free, pv_used, pv_name, pv_attr, pv_pe_count, pv_pe_alloc_count, pv_tags, pvseg_start, pvseg_size, pe_start, pv_mda_count, pv_mda_free, and pv_mda_size. With --segments, any "pvseg_" prefixes are optional; otherwise any "pv_" prefixes are optional. Columns mentioned in \fBvgs (8)\fP can also be chosen. The pv_attr bits are: (a)llocatable and e(x)ported. Use \fb-o help\fP to view the full list of fields available. .TP .I \-\-segments Produces one line of output for each contiguous allocation of space on each Physical Volume, showing the start (pvseg_start) and length (pvseg_size) in units of physical extents. .TP .I \-O, \-\-sort Comma-separated ordered list of columns to sort by. Replaces the default selection. Precede any column with - for a reverse sort on that column. .TP .I \-\-separator Separator String to use to separate each column. Useful if grepping the output. .TP .I \-\-unbuffered Produce output immediately without sorting or aligning the columns properly. .TP .I \-\-units hsbkmgtHKMGT All sizes are output in these units: (h)uman-readable, (s)ectors, (b)ytes, (k)ilobytes, (m)egabytes, (g)igabytes, (t)erabytes. Capitalise to use multiples of 1000 (S.I.) instead of 1024. Can also specify custom (u)nits e.g. \-\-units 3M .SH SEE ALSO .BR lvm (8), .BR pvdisplay (8), .BR lvs (8), .BR vgs (8)