Declare the container at hand:
CONTI=
Followed by: Stop > snapshot > start > display snapshots > display info (if indeed started):
echo -e "Snapshotting: ${CONTI}..."; echo -e " "; lxc-stop -t 5 -n ${CONTI}; lxc-snapshot -c relnotes -n ${CONTI} && lxc-start -n ${CONTI}; lxc-snapshot -LC -n ${CONTI}; echo -e " "; lxc-info -n ${CONTI}