Guestfish is a Linux command-line tool that allows users to access and modify virtual machine disk images. It supports many virtual disk image formats, including qcow2, raw, and vmdk. Using guestfish, users can perform various operations on disk images, such as reading and writing files, modifying partition tables, and mounting partitions. This tool is useful for developers and system administrators who need to manage virtual machine disk images efficiently.
View a disk image in read only mode
guestfish --ro -a /path/to/disk/image
In interactive mode, initiate the library and attach the disk image
run