# vboxmanage-showvminfo

> Show information about registered virtual machine.
> More information: <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-showvminfo>.

- Show information about a particular virtual machine:

`VBoxManage showvminfo {{vm_name|uuid}}`

- Show more detailed information about a particular virtual machine:

`VBoxManage showvminfo --details {{vm_name|uuid}}`

- Show information in a machine readable format:

`VBoxManage showvminfo --machinereadable {{vm_name|uuid}}`

- Specify password ID if the virtual machine is encrypted:

`VBoxManage showvminfo --password-id {{password_id}} {{vm_name|uuid}}`

- Specify the password file if the virtual machine is encrypted:

`VBoxManage showvminfo --password {{path/to/password_file}} {{vm_name|uuid}}`

- Show the logs of a specific virtual machine:

`VBoxManage showvminfo --log {{vm_name|uuid}}`