VirtualBox shortcuts to an easy VM management, feel free to fix and imporove.

vbshortcuts

#!/bin/bash
#
#  vbshortcuts
#  VirtualBox shortcuts to an easy VM management, feel free to dix and imporove.
#
#  use: "$ source vbshortcuts" or "$ . vbshortcuts"
#
#  (c)2015 - Giovanni Nunes <giovanni.nunes@gmail.com>
#
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VBMAN=$( which vboxmanage | which VBoxManage )

function vbSnapshot(){
    ${VBMAN} snapshot ${2} ${1} ${3}
}

function vbControlVM(){
    ${VBMAN} controlvm ${2} ${1}
}

alias vbls="${VBMAN} list vms"
alias vbwho="${VBMAN} list runningvms"
alias vbinfo="${VBMAN} showvminfo"
alias vbrun="${VBMAN} startvm --type headless"
alias vbacpi="vbControlVM acpipowerbutton"
alias vbstop="vbControlVM poweroff"
alias vbreset="vbControlVM reset"
alias vbsave="vbControlVM savestate"
alias vbpause="vbControlVM pause"
alias vbresume="vbControlVM resume"
alias vbsnapshot="IFS='%%' ; vbSnapshot take"
alias vbsnaplist="vbSnapshot list"
alias vbsnapdel="IFS='%%' ; vbSnapshot delete" 
alias vbsnaprestore="IFS='%%' ; vbSnapshot restore"

# MSX Rulez!