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How to restart VirtualBox VM to certain snapshot via Ubuntu Terminal

Problem I need to restart my VirtualBox headless Virtual Machine and restore it to certain snapshot on every restart. Solution 1. On Ubuntu terminal type the following commands to create a bash script as follows: cd /user/bin sudo nano vboxmanage-restartMyVM 2. On the nano editor type the followings: vboxmanage controlvm " YourVMName " poweroff vboxmanage snapshot " YourVMName " restore " YourVMSnapshotName " vboxmanage startvm " YourVMName " -type headless 3. Press Ctrl-S to save the file and Ctrl-X to exit the editor and return to Ubuntu terminal. 4. Type the following command to allow the script to be executable sudo chmod +x vboxmanage-restartMyVM 5. Finish. Now everytime I type  vboxmanage-restartMyVM  on the Ubuntu terminal my virtual machine will be powered-off if it's on, restored to my preferred snapshot, then started. Happy day😀