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layout: doc
title: qvm-check
permalink: /doc/tools/3.2/dom0/qvm-check/
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---

```
=========
qvm-check
=========

NAME
====
qvm-check - Specify no state options to check if VM exists

SYNOPSIS
========
| qvm-check [options] <vm-name>

OPTIONS
=======
-h, --help
    Show this help message and exit
-q, --quiet
    Be quiet
--running
    Determine if VM is running
--paused
    Determine if VM is paused
--template
    Determine if VM is a template

AUTHORS
=======
| Joanna Rutkowska <joanna at invisiblethingslab dot com>
| Rafal Wojtczuk <rafal at invisiblethingslab dot com>
| Marek Marczykowski <marmarek at invisiblethingslab dot com>
```

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