LXC.FILE(1)

💅 lxc-file — the manual page bestie

ok so real talk: this page lives in the LXD - Command line client(1) manual — that's the <pink>LXD</pink> command line client, section 1 of the man pages, iykyk. It's the page for lxc file, and it's basically your whole "move files in and out of my instances" era. Let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

lxc-file — manage files in instances 🗂️✨

like. that's the whole job. files. in instances. slay.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

lxc file [flags]

that's it, that's the line. flags go where flags go 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Description:

Manage files in instances

no cap, that's literally what the original says — it says it twice actually, once in the NAME vibe and once here under Description. iconic consistency tbh. you're managing files. inside instances. go off 👑

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🧚 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🧚

these aren't even lxc file's own options — they're handed down from the parent command, like a family heirloom but for flags 🫶 every single one, here we go:

• --debug[=false] — show all the debug messages. every last one. [=false] by default, so it's off unless you say otherwise 🔍
• --force-local[=false] — force using the local unix socket. defaults to [=false] 🧦
• -h, --help[=false] — print help. defaults to [=false]. the classic. the goat 🐐
• --project="" — override the source project. default is the empty string "". (the original page has a rogue ``` hanging off the end of this line — not me fixing it, just saying, we see it, we love it, it's camp 💀)
• -q, --quiet[=false] — don't show progress information. [=false] by default, so progress shows unless you shush it 🤫
• --sub-commands[=false] — use this with help or --help to view sub-commands. defaults to [=false] 🌿
• -v, --verbose[=false] — show all information messages. [=false] by default, bestie 🗣️
• --version[=false] — print version number. [=false] by default 🏷️

lowkey important: keep the defaults exactly as they are — every single one of these is [=false] (or "" for --project), and they're inherited from the parent command, not owned by lxc file itself. don't come for me, that's just what the page says 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr:

• lxc(1)
• lxc-file-create(1)
• lxc-file-delete(1)
• lxc-file-edit(1)
• lxc-file-mount(1)
• lxc-file-pull(1)
• lxc-file-push(1)

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⭐ HISTORY ⭐

22-Aug-2026 — auto generated by spf13/cobra. not a human, a generator, doing its little thing 🤖✨

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🫶 okay that's the whole page, nothing skipped, nothing invented. every flag, every default, every see-also, all accounted for. you're so welcome 💅

auto generated by spf13/cobra · Aug 2026 · LXD - Command line client(1) — and that's the sign-off bestie, mwah 💋🎀