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Using the VirtualBox command-line tools

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Using the VirtualBox command-line tools

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- [Tutor] Well, VirtualBox gives us a lot of tools in the graphical environment. It also has a very robust command-line interface. Working with a VirtualBox at the command-line can be helpful in various ways, especially if you need to work on a remote host setup scripts or perform tasks in an automated way. And some of VirtualBoxes more advanced functions are only available through command-line tools. There's a handful of executables in the VirtualBox program folder on Windows and inside the app bundle on a Mac. On a Mac, there are also scripts in the usr local bin directory that point to the tools inside the app bundle. The one I want to focus on here is VBoxManage the primary command-line interface for VirtualBox. I'll open up a terminal here. Just typing the command vboxmanage shows you a huge list of options and functions. Anything you can do with a virtual machine configuration in the graphical interface, you…

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