version

The multipass version command without an argument will display the client and daemon versions of Multipass; for example:

multipass  1.0.0
multipassd 1.0.0

If there is an update to Multipass available, it will be printed out in addition to the standard output; for example:

multipass  1.0.0
multipassd 1.0.0

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Multipass 1.0.1 release
Bugfix release to address a crash

Go here for more information: https://github.com/canonical/multipass/releases/tag/v1.0.1
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Like list, version supports the --format option to get machine-readable output (json, csv or yaml).

Note

The json, csv and yaml formats cover regular output only. Errors and log messages are printed to the standard error stream as plain text, with failures signaled by a non-zero exit status.

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The full multipass help version output explains the available options:

Usage: multipass version [options]
Display version information about the multipass command
and daemon.

Options:
  -h, --help         Displays help on commandline options
  -v, --verbose      Increase logging verbosity. Repeat the 'v' in the short
                     option for more detail. Maximum verbosity is obtained with
                     4 (or more) v's, i.e. -vvvv.
  --format <format>  Output version information in the requested format.
                     Valid formats are: table (default), json, csv and yaml. The
                     json, csv and yaml formats cover regular output only.
                     Errors and log messages are printed to the standard error
                     stream as plain text, with failures signaled by a non-zero
                     exit status.