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QMP-SHELL-WRAP(1) QEMU Monitor Protocol Library QMP-SHELL-WRAP(1)

NAME

qmp-shell-wrap - QEMU + qmp-shell launcher utility

SYNOPSIS

qmp-shell-wrap [-h] [-H] [-v] [-p] [-l LOGFILE] ...

DESCRIPTION

Launch QEMU and connect to it with qmp-shell in a single command. CLI arguments will be forwarded to qemu, with additional arguments added to allow qmp-shell to then connect to the recently launched QEMU instance.

command QEMU command line to invoke
show this help message and exit
Use HMP interface
Verbose (echo commands sent and received)
Pretty-print JSON
Save log of all QMP messages to PATH


Usage

Prepend "qmp-shell-wrap" to your usual QEMU command line:

> qmp-shell-wrap qemu-system-x86_64 -M q35 -m 4096 -display none
Welcome to the QMP low-level shell!
Connected
(QEMU)


SEE ALSO

Refer to qmp-shell(1) for information on syntax and operation of the qmp-shell utility itself.

AUTHOR

The QEMU Project authors

COPYRIGHT

2009-2022, QEMU Project

May 12, 2026 unknown version