Bash script to cleanup Virtualbox VMs you might have lying around.

virtualbox_cleanup.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

SAVEIFS=$IFS    # save old IFS value
IFS=$'\n'       # make newlines the only separator
echo "Powering off all running VMs"
for vm in $(VBoxManage list runningvms | awk '{print substr($2, 2, length($2) - 2)}') # you might want to limit your search by `| grep 'some vm name here' ` *before* the pipe to awk 
do
echo "Powering off VM ${vm}"
VBoxManage controlvm ${vm} poweroff
echo "VM ${vm} powered off"
done

echo "Getting rid of any left over CI vagrant VMs"
for vvm in $(VBoxManage list vms) # you might want to limit your search by `| grep 'some vm name here' `
do
echo "Cleaning up VM ${vvm}"
vm_id=$(echo "${vvm}" | awk '{print substr($2, 2, length($2) - 2)}')
vm_name=$(echo "${vvm}" | awk '{print substr($1, 2, length($1) - 2)}')

echo "powering off vm id ${vm_id}"
VBoxManage controlvm ${vm_id} poweroff

echo "unregistering vm id ${vm_id}"
VBoxManage unregistervm ${vm_id}

echo "deleting vm ${vm_name} from disk"
rm -rf ~jenkins/VirtualboxVMs/${vm_name}

echo "VM ${vm} powered off and deleted"
done

IFS=$SAVEIFS    # restore IFS value