vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page (#11667)

* vboxmanage: update page; vboxmanage-{controlvm, extpack, list, showvminfo, startvm}: add page

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Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net>
Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com>
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> Command-line interface to VirtualBox.
> Includes all the functionality of the GUI and more.
> Some subcommands such as `vboxmanage startvm` have their own usage documentation.
> More information: <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-intro>.
- List all VirtualBox virtual machines:
- Display version:
`VBoxManage list vms`
`VBoxManage --version`
- Show information about a particular virtual machine:
- Display help:
`VBoxManage showvminfo {{name|uuid}}`
`VBoxManage --help`
- Start a virtual machine:
- Display help for a VBoxManage subcommand (like `starvm`, `clonevm`, `import`, `export`, etc.):
`VBoxManage startvm {{name|uuid}}`
`VBoxManage --help {{subcommand}}`
- Start a virtual machine in headless mode:
- Execute a VboxManage subcommand:
`VBoxManage startvm {{name|uuid}} --type headless`
- Shutdown the virtual machine and save its current state:
`VBoxManage controlvm {{name|uuid}} savestate`
- Shutdown down the virtual machine without saving its state:
`VBoxManage controlvm {{name|uuid}} poweroff`
- Update VBox extension packs:
`VBoxManage extpack install --replace {{VboxExtensionPackFileName}}`
`VBoxManage {{subcommand}}`