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NAME

cvd - Cuttlefish Virtual Device management tool

SYNOPSIS

cvd [--help] [--version] {subcommand} [arguments...]

DESCRIPTION

cvd is the command line client for managing Cuttlefish Android Virtual Device instances.

It provides subcommands to create, start, stop, query, and inspect virtual device instances running on the host system.

SUBCOMMANDS

create

Create and launch new Cuttlefish instance(s).

start

Start existing, stopped Cuttlefish instance(s).

stop

Stop running Cuttlefish instance(s).

restart

Restart running Cuttlefish instance(s).

status

Display status of Cuttlefish instance(s).

reset

Reset Cuttlefish instances and clean up state.

help

Show help information for commands and flags.

version

Show version information.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-v, --version

Show version of program.

--use_cvdalloc=true|false

Enable dynamic network resource allocation via cvdalloc.

SEE ALSO

launch_cvd(1)

AUTHOR

Ying-Chun Liu <paulliu@debian.org>

Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2026 Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu)

This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others).

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

08/27/2026 cvd