diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/container/cli.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/container/cli.rb
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+require 'unit_helper'
+
+require "vagrant/util/retryable"
+require "vagrant/util/subprocess"
+
+require "vagrant-lxc/errors"
+
+module Vagrant
+  module LXC
+    class Container
+      class CLI
+        # Include this so we can use `Subprocess` more easily.
+        include Vagrant::Util::Retryable
+
+        def initialize(name = nil)
+          @name   = name
+          @logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::provider::lxc::container::cli")
+        end
+
+        def list
+          containers = lxc :ls
+          containers.split(/\s+/).uniq
+        end
+
+        private
+
+        def lxc(command, *args)
+          execute('sudo', "lxc-#{command}", *args)
+        end
+
+        # TODO: Review code below this line, it was pretty much a copy and paste from VirtualBox base driver
+        def execute(*command, &block)
+          # Get the options hash if it exists
+          opts = {}
+          opts = command.pop if command.last.is_a?(Hash)
+
+          tries = 0
+          tries = 3 if opts[:retryable]
+
+          sleep = opts.fetch(:sleep, 1)
+
+          # Variable to store our execution result
+          r = nil
+
+          retryable(:on => LXC::Errors::ExecuteError, :tries => tries, :sleep => sleep) do
+            # Execute the command
+            r = raw(*command, &block)
+
+            # If the command was a failure, then raise an exception that is
+            # nicely handled by Vagrant.
+            if r.exit_code != 0
+              if @interrupted
+                @logger.info("Exit code != 0, but interrupted. Ignoring.")
+              else
+                raise LXC::Errors::ExecuteError, :command => command.inspect
+              end
+            end
+          end
+
+          # Return the output, making sure to replace any Windows-style
+          # newlines with Unix-style.
+          r.stdout.gsub("\r\n", "\n")
+        end
+
+        def raw(*command, &block)
+          int_callback = lambda do
+            @interrupted = true
+            @logger.info("Interrupted.")
+          end
+
+          # Append in the options for subprocess
+          command << { :notify => [:stdout, :stderr] }
+
+          Vagrant::Util::Busy.busy(int_callback) do
+            Vagrant::Util::Subprocess.execute(*command, &block)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/unit/container/cli_spec.rb b/spec/unit/container/cli_spec.rb
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+require 'unit_helper'
+
+require "vendored_vagrant"
+require 'vagrant-lxc/container/cli'
+
+describe Vagrant::LXC::Container::CLI do
+  describe 'list' do
+    let(:lxc_ls_out) { "dup-container\na-container dup-container" }
+    let(:exec_args)  { @exec_args }
+    let(:result)     { subject.list }
+
+    before do
+      Vagrant::Util::Subprocess.stub(:execute) { |*args|
+        @exec_args = args
+        stub(exit_code: 0, stdout: lxc_ls_out)
+      }
+    end
+
+    it 'grabs previously created containers from lxc-ls' do
+      result.should    be_an Enumerable
+      result.should    include 'a-container'
+      result.should    include 'dup-container'
+      exec_args.should include 'lxc-ls'
+    end
+
+    it 'removes duplicates from lxc-ls output' do
+      result.uniq.should == result
+    end
+  end
+end