PVS(8)								       PVS(8)



NAME
       pvs - report information about physical volumes

SYNOPSIS
       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...]]

DESCRIPTION
       pvs produces formatted output about physical volumes.

OPTIONS
       See lvm for common options.

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

       --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.	 The  "pv_" prefix is optional.	 Columns mentioned in
	      vgs (8) can also be chosen. The pv_attr bits are: (a)llocatable
	      and e(x)ported.

       -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.

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

       --unbuffered
	      Produce output immediately  without  sorting  or	aligning  the
	      columns 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

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



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UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. lvm
2. vgs
3. sort
4. column