1QMP-SHELL-WRAP(1) QEMU Monitor Protocol Library QMP-SHELL-WRAP(1)
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6 qmp-shell-wrap - QEMU + qmp-shell launcher utility
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9 qmp-shell-wrap [-h] [-H] [-v] [-p] [-l LOGFILE] ...
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12 Launch QEMU and connect to it with qmp-shell in a single command. CLI
13 arguments will be forwarded to qemu, with additional arguments added to
14 allow qmp-shell to then connect to the recently launched QEMU instance.
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17 command QEMU command line to invoke
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21 -h, --help
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24 -H, --hmp
25 Use HMP interface
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28 Verbose (echo commands sent and received)
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34 Save log of all QMP messages to PATH
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37 Prepend "qmp-shell-wrap" to your usual QEMU command line:
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45 Refer to qmp-shell(1) for information on syntax and operation of the
46 qmp-shell utility itself.
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49 The QEMU Project authors
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52 2009-2023, QEMU Project
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570.0.3 Jul 21, 2023 QMP-SHELL-WRAP(1)