LXC.IMAGE.EXPORT(1)

💅 lxc-image-export — the LXD command line client, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk: this is a page from the LXD - Command line client manual set, and it's about the lxc image export girlies. she downloads images. she exports them. she's iconic. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

lxc-image-export — export and download images, no cap 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

lxc image export [:] [] [flags]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Description:

Export and download images 🎀

The output target is optional and defaults to the working directory. literally that's it, she'll just drop it wherever you're standing unless you tell her otherwise 🫶

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• --vm[=false] — query virtual machine images 🖥️ like, "hey are we talking VMs here" and she's like yes/no, default no.

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🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these are the ones she got from her parent commands, aka the family traits 💅

• --debug[=false] — show all debug messages 🐛 every last one of them
• --force-local[=false] — force using the local unix socket 🔌 no remote shenanigans
• -h, --help[=false] — print help 😭 the classic
• --project="" — override the source project 🗂️
• -q, --quiet[=false] — don't show progress information 🤫 silence is golden
• --sub-commands[=false] — use with help or --help to view sub-commands 🌿
• -v, --verbose[=false] — show all information messages 🗣️ she's gonna tell you everything
• --version[=false] — print version number ⭐

ngl, <pink>--project=""</pink> in the original has a stray double backtick hanging off the end. we don't gatekeep, we just report it fr fr 🙈 em dash and all, the value is the empty string "".

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

lxc-image(1) — go read her sister's page, she's cool too 💜

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💀 HISTORY 💀

22-Aug-2026 — auto generated by spf13/cobra 🤖 the robot did it, not me

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okay that's the whole thing, you ate that 🍓 auto generated by spf13/cobra, <rainbow>Aug 2026</rainbow>, and it's all brought to you by the LXD - Command line client(1) girlies — periodt 💖✨🎀