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Logical Volume Manager 2 utilities

From lvm2 2.03.44-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-08 by running pvs --help (exit 0) · terse output. permalink

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  pvs - Display information about physical volumes

  pvs
	[ -a|--all ]
	[ -A|--allpvs ]
	[ -o|--options String ]
	[ -O|--sort String ]
	[ -S|--select String ]
	[    --aligned ]
	[    --binary ]
	[    --configreport log|vg|lv|pv|pvseg|seg ]
	[    --foreign ]
	[    --headings none|abbrev|full|0|1|2 ]
	[    --ignorelockingfailure ]
	[    --logonly ]
	[    --nameprefixes ]
	[    --noheadings ]
	[    --nosuffix ]
	[    --readonly ]
	[    --reportformat basic|json|json_std ]
	[    --rows ]
	[    --segments ]
	[    --separator String ]
	[    --shared ]
	[    --unbuffered ]
	[    --units [Number]r|R|h|H|b|B|s|S|k|K|m|M|g|G|t|T|p|P|e|E ]
	[    --unquoted ]
	[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
	[ PV|Tag ... ]

  Common options for lvm:
	[ -d|--debug ]
	[ -h|--help ]
	[ -q|--quiet ]
	[ -v|--verbose ]
	[ -y|--yes ]
	[ -t|--test ]
	[    --commandprofile String ]
	[    --config String ]
	[    --driverloaded y|n ]
	[    --nolocking ]
	[    --lockopt String ]
	[    --longhelp ]
	[    --profile String ]
	[    --version ]
	[    --devicesfile String ]
	[    --devices PV ]
	[    --nohints ]
	[    --journal String ]

  Use --longhelp to show all options and advanced commands.
Options (18)
OptionDescriptionSource
--alignedUse with --separator to align the output columns.man
--binaryUse binary values "0" or "1" instead of descriptive literal values for columns that have exactly two valid values to report (not counting the "unknown" value which denotes that the value could not be…man
--foreignReport/display foreign VGs that would otherwise be skipped.man
--ignorelockingfailureAllows a command to continue with read-only metadata operations after locking failures.man
--logonlySuppress command report and display only log report.man
--longhelpDisplay long help text.man
--nameprefixesAdd an "LVM2_" prefix plus the field name to the output.man
--noheadingsSuppress the headings line that is normally the first line of output.man
--nohintsDo not use the hints file to locate devices for PVs.man
--nolockingDisable locking.man
--nosuffixSuppress the suffix on output sizes.man
--readonlyPrevent the command from making changes, including activation and metadata updates.man
--rowsOutput columns as rows.man
--segmentsProduces one line of output for each contiguous allocation of space on each PV, showing the start (pvseg_start) and length (pvseg_size) in units of physical extents.man
--sharedReport/display shared VGs that would otherwise be skipped when lvmlockd is not being used on the host.man
--unbufferedProduce output immediately without sorting or aligning the columns properly.man
--unquotedWhen used with --nameprefixes, output values in the field=value pairs are not quoted.man
--versionDisplay version information.man

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