vbox-show-vminfo.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# Author: Ivan Masar, 2015
# License: public domain
#
# list running VMs by name
# for each VM print selected fields from vminfo
# format it into a table (using "column")

print_header=1
for i in `VBoxManage list vms | awk '{print $NF}' | sed 's/"//g'`; do
        if [ "$print_header" -eq "1" ]; then
                echo "VRDE\tRAM\tname\tstatus"
                print_header=0
        fi
        vminfo=`VBoxManage showvminfo $i`

        state_full=`echo "$vminfo" | grep "^State:" | awk '{$1=""; printf "%s\t", substr($0,2)}'` # all fields except the first
        state_print="$state_full\t"
        state_start=`echo $state_full | awk '{printf "%s", substr($0,1,5)}'`
        if [ "$state_start" = "runni" ]; then
                state_print="\033[32m$state_full\t\033[0m" # ANSI green
        elif [ "$state_start" = "saved" ]; then
                state_print="\033[36m$state_full\t\033[0m" # ANSI cyan
        elif [ "$state_start" = "power" ]; then
                state_print="\033[33m$state_full\t\033[0m" # ANSI yellow
        elif [ "$state_start" = "abort" ]; then
                state_print="\033[31m$state_full\t\033[0m" # ANSI red
        fi

        echo "$vminfo" | grep "^VRDE port:" | awk '{printf "%s\t", $3} END { if (!NR) printf "N/A\t" }'
        echo "$vminfo" | grep "^Memory size:" | awk '{printf "%s\t", $3} END { if (!NR) printf "N/A\t" }'
        echo "$vminfo" | grep "^Name:  " | awk '{$1=""; printf "%s\t", substr($0,2)}' # all fields except the first
        printf "$state_print"
        printf "\n"
done | column -s "`printf '\t'`" -t