FreeBSD Jail listing and managing utility.
Initially it was named jless(8) and below is the reasoning for that choice ...
Because that is the closest thing to FreeBSD base system jls(8) command and it has some reference for other known less(8) command.
But seschwar from lobste.rs page made me aware that there already is a jless project available - command line JSON viewer written in Rust - thank You for that.
So as less(8) is more(8) and more(8) is less(8) - I took the decision to rename it from jless(8) to jmore(8) to avoid confusion.
Because builtin jls(8) is very limited and does not display VNET IP(s) and interfaces.
Also because - if You do now want to use full blown jail(8) manager such as BastilleBSD - which is very good by the way - the base system tools are just too limited for comfort work.
I also needed a tool that will allow me to fast start/stop/restart FreeBSD jail(8) containers with minimal typing - more time to focus on what matters.
Yes - it reads /usr/local/etc/bastille/bastille.conf config and also checks BAST_DIR for jail(8) containers.
Yes - its a modified and improved version of https://github.com/vermaden/scripts/blob/master/jails.sh that I already used for quite some time.
Usage help info from the jmore(8) command below.
% jmore help
usage:
jmore list jail(8) containers
jmore -a list jail(8) containers with all IP(s)
jmore -d INTERVAL run 'jmore' every INTERVAL seconds like top(1)
jmore -h show help
jmore --help show help
jmore help show help
jmore version show version
manage:
jmore <JAILNAME> start
jmore <JAILNAME> restart
jmore <JAILNAME> stop
jmore <JAILNAME> status
jmore <JAILNAME> console
jmore <JAILNAME> shell
jmore <JAILNAME> jexec
shorts:
jmore <JAILNAME> u UP ------> alias for start
jmore <JAILNAME> d DOWN ----> alias for stop
jmore <JAILNAME> r RESTART -> alias for restart
jmore <JAILNAME> c CONSOLE -> alias for console|shell|jexec
jmore <JAILNAME> s STATUS --> alias for status
... and some fancy ASCII logo.
% jmore help
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jmore(8) 0.4 2025/07/26
Example output from jmore(8) listing usage.
% jmore
JAIL JID CPU/% RAM/mb TYPE VER DIR IFACE IP(s)
classic 7 0.0 18.0 std 13.2-R /jail/classic em0 10.0.0.199
ctld-two - 0.0 0.0 vnet 13.2-R /jail/ctld-two ${if}b -
ctld - 0.0 0.0 vnet 13.2-R /jail/ctld ${if}b -
fbsdjail - 0.0 0.0 std 13.1-R /jail/fbsdjail wlan0 10.0.0.43
iscsi - 0.0 0.0 vnet 13.2-R /jail/iscsi ${if}b -
joudriere 5 0.0 32.0 vnet 14.3-R /jail/joudriere epair234b 10.1.1.0
minecraft 8 1.1 1069.3 std 14.2-R /jail/minecraft em0 10.0.0.210
minio 3 0.0 359.2 std 14.0-R /jail/minio em0 10.0.0.133
nfsd - 0.0 0.0 vnet 14.1-R /jail/nfsd ${if}b -
other 2 0.0 5.0 std 14.1-R /jail/other em0 10.0.0.199
sambajail - 0.0 0.0 vnet 14.1-R /jail/sambajail ${if}b -
unfs3 4 0.0 10.2 vnet 14.1-R /jail/unfs3 epair88b 10.1.1.0
EOF