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description: Start a machine
keywords:
- machine, start, subcommand
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  main:
    identifier: machine.start
    parent: smn_machine_subcmds
title: start
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# start

    Usage: docker-machine start [arg...]

    Start a machine

    Description:
       Argument(s) are one or more machine names.

For example:

    $ docker-machine start dev
    Starting VM...