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I'm in need to find out the LVM size of image vm001. Let's say I have a LVM volume called /dev/VGgroup/vm001. Now using lvdisplay I can find out the size:

--- Logical volume ---
  LV Name                /dev/VGgroup/vm001
  VG Name                VGgroup
  LV UUID                i0aYKs-Hpfv-q64V-9Rqu-6Wrq-eV3C-pZzo0D
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Status              available
  # open                 2
  LV Size                25.00 GB
  Current LE             6400
  Segments               1
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           253:41

How can I find out the LV size using a script/command which will output just 25? I know with awk you can find strings horizontally, but not vertically (as far as I know).

Edit There are more Logical Volumes, using lvdisplay | awk '/LV Size/ { print $3 }' will output all sizes (obviously), how do I only get the size of the volume I want to? (in this case vm001).

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You can set a variable(found) in awk, and exit immediately after printing out LV Size.

$ lvdisplay | awk '/vm001/{found=1}; /LV Size/ && found{print $3; exit}'
25.00
  • if vm001 is found, then set found to 1 (because we known LV Size is following this line)
  • if LV Size and found!=0, then print column#3, and exit immediately.
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  • Thank you, this works like a charm! However could you eleborate your command a bit? I don't understand exactly what it does, trying to learn a bit aswell ;-)
    – Devator
    Mar 12, 2012 at 12:38
  • Thanks for your edit, I now know exactly how it works. Cheers!
    – Devator
    Mar 12, 2012 at 13:15
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    @Devator, @kev, just my 2 cents, you might want to protect the /vm001/ from false-postitives (like vm0012) with say, /vm001$/ or something.
    – Anil
    Mar 12, 2012 at 14:44
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With

lvs /dev/vg/lvname -o LV_SIZE --noheadings --units G --nosuffix

you get the size of your LV in useful form.

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  • Your answer is better to get the size without parsing and I think using --units g gives what user wants.
    – Ozan
    Mar 10, 2017 at 8:01
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You can use regex to select lines using '//' prefix for a block. For e.g on your lvdisplay output.

awk '/LV Size/ { print $3 }'
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  • Awesome, thanks. However there are more Logical Volumes, using lvdisplay | awk '/LV Size/ { print $3 }' will output all sizes (obviously), how do I only get the size of the volume I want to? (in this case vm001. Please refer to the table in my original post.
    – Devator
    Mar 12, 2012 at 10:34
  • Ah. I'd have done it the way @kev suggested as well.
    – Anil
    Mar 12, 2012 at 14:38
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You can also ask lvs for the information directly:

lvs vm001 --nosuffix --units g -o size --no-headings

or more specifically,

lvs VGgroup/vm001 --nosuffix --units g -o size --no-headings
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