| 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 <#qmp-shell> in a single command. CLI arguments will be forwarded to qemu, with additional arguments added to allow qmp-shell <#qmp-shell> to then connect to the recently launched QEMU instance.
- positional arguments:
- command QEMU command line to invoke
- optional arguments:
- -h, --help
- show this help message and exit
- -H, --hmp
- Use HMP interface
- -v, --verbose
- Verbose (echo commands sent and received)
- -p, --pretty
- Pretty-print JSON
- -l LOGFILE, --logfile LOGFILE
- 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
| March 21, 2026 | unknown version |