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Chapter 5. CLI Queries
5.1. Query Syntax
The CLI
list command uses the --query attribute to perform server-side queries, which uses the same format as Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager search query language:
Table 5.1. Example search queries
| Collection | Criteria | Result |
|---|---|---|
hosts | vms.status=up | Displays a list of all hosts running virtual machines that are up. |
vms | domain=qa.company.com | Displays a list of all virtual machines running on the specified domain. |
vms | users.name=mary | Displays a list of all virtual machines belonging to users with the user name mary. |
events | severity>normal sortby time | Displays the list of all events with severity higher than normal and sorted by the time element values. |
events | severity>normal sortby time desc | Displays the list of all events with severity higher than normal and sorted by the time element values in descending order. |

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