pvs

Report physical volume information

TLDR

List physical volumes

$ sudo pvs

List all including non-PVs

$ sudo pvs -a

Verbose output

$ sudo pvs -v

Show specific fields

$ sudo pvs -o pv_name,vg_name,pv_size

Append field

$ sudo pvs -o +field_name

No headings

$ sudo pvs --noheadings

Use separator

$ sudo pvs --separator =

SYNOPSIS

pvs [OPTIONS] [PhysicalVolume...]

DESCRIPTION

pvs displays information about physical volumes in a configurable table format. It shows device names, volume groups, sizes, and free space for each physical volume.

PARAMETERS

-a, --all

Show devices that are not physical volumes

-v, --verbose

Increase verbosity and show additional details

-o, --options fields

Specify which fields to display

--noheadings

Suppress the heading line in output

--separator char

Use specified character as field separator

--units units

Display sizes in specified units

INSTALL

sudo apt install lvm2

sudo dnf install lvm2

sudo pacman -S lvm2

sudo apk add lvm2

sudo zypper install lvm2

nix profile install nixpkgs#lvm2

CAVEATS

Physical volumes that are not part of a volume group will show empty VG field. Use -a to see devices that could become physical volumes.

HISTORY

pvs is part of LVM2, the Linux Logical Volume Manager.