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PVS(8)									PVS(8)

NAME
       pvs - report information about physical volumes

SYNOPSIS
       pvs  [--aligned]	 [-d|--debug]  [-h|-?|--help] [--ignorelockingfailure]
       [--nameprefixes]	    [--noheadings]     [--nosuffix]	 [-o|--options
       [+]Field[,Field]]   [-O|--sort  [+|-]Key1[,[+|-]Key2[,...]]]   [--rows]
       [--segments] [--separator Separator] [--unbuffered] [--units hsbkmgtHK‐
       MGT]  [--unquoted]  [-v|--verbose]  [--version] [PhysicalVolume [Physi‐
       calVolume...]]

DESCRIPTION
       pvs produces formatted output about physical volumes.

OPTIONS
       See lvm for common options.

       --aligned
	      Use with --separator to align the output columns.

       --nameprefixes
	      Add an "LVM2_" prefix plus the field name to the output.	Useful
	      with  --noheadings  to  produce a list of field=value pairs that
	      can be used to set environment variables (for example,  in  udev
	      (7) rules).

       --noheadings
	      Suppress	the  headings  line that is normally the first line of
	      output.  Useful if grepping the output.

       --nosuffix
	      Suppress the suffix on output sizes.  Use with --units (except h
	      and H) if processing the output.

       -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 vgs (8) can also be chosen. The pv_attr  bits  are:
	      (a)llocatable and e(x)ported.  Use -o help to view the full list
	      of fields available.

       --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.

       -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.

       --rows Output columns as rows.

       --separator Separator
	      String to use to separate each column.  Useful if	 grepping  the
	      output.

       --unbuffered
	      Produce  output immediately without sorting or aligning the col‐
	      umns properly.

       --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

       --unquoted
	      When  used with --nameprefixes, output values in the field=value
	      pairs are not quoted.

SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), pvdisplay(8), lvs(8), vgs(8)

Sistina Software UK    LVM TOOLS 2.02.44-cvs (02-17-09)			PVS(8)

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