vmlive and vmstart: my handy commands for VirtualBox Instance Management

gistfile1.sh

alias vmlive="VBoxManage list runningvms"

function vmstart () {
    if [ -e $1 ]; then
        echo 'No VirualMachine specified. All available machines:'
        VBoxManage list vms | cut -d'"' -f2 | sed -E 's/(.*)/> \1/'
        return
    fi
    local _EXISTS=`VBoxManage list vms | grep $1 | wc -l | awk '{print $1}'`
    if [ ! $_EXISTS -eq 1 ]; then
        echo 'Machine '$1' no exists...wtf?!'
        echo 'Choose one of following machines:'
        VBoxManage list vms | cut -d'"' -f2 | sed -E 's/(.*)/> \1/'
        return
    fi
    VBoxManage startvm --type headless $1
}