singularity-instance-list - List all running and named Singularity instances

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  EXAMPLE  SEE ALSO  HISTORY 

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NAME

singularity-instance-list - List all running and named Singularity instances

SYNOPSIS

singularity instance list [list options...] []

DESCRIPTION

The instance list command allows you to view the Singularity container
instances that are currently running in the background.

OPTIONS

		-h, --help[=false]	help for list
		-j, --json[=false]	print structured json instead of list
		-l, --logs[=false]	display location of stdout and sterr log files for instances
		-u, --user=""	if running as root, list instances from ""

EXAMPLE

$ singularity instance list
INSTANCE NAME PID IMAGE
test 11963 /home/mibauer/singularity/sinstance/test.sif
test2 11964 /home/mibauer/singularity/sinstance/test.sif
lolcow 11965 /home/mibauer/singularity/sinstance/lolcow.sif

$ singularity instance list ’test*’
INSTANCE NAME PID IMAGE
test 11963 /home/mibauer/singularity/sinstance/test.sif
test2 11964 /home/mibauer/singularity/sinstance/test.sif

$ sudo singularity instance list -u mibauer
INSTANCE NAME PID IMAGE
test 11963 /home/mibauer/singularity/sinstance/test.sif
test2 16219 /home/mibauer/singularity/sinstance/test.sif

SEE ALSO

singularity-instance(1)

HISTORY

15-May-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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