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#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Simple QEMU shell on top of QMP
#
# Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.
#
# Authors:
# Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
#
# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2. See
# the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
#
# Usage:
#
# Start QEMU with:
#
# $ qemu [...] -monitor control,unix:./qmp,server
#
# Run the shell:
#
# $ qmp-shell ./qmp
#
# Commands have the following format:
#
# < command-name > [ arg-name1=arg1 ] ... [ arg-nameN=argN ]
#
# For example:
#
# (QEMU) info item=network
import qmp
import readline
from sys import argv,exit
def shell_help():
print 'bye exit from the shell'
def main():
if len(argv) != 2:
print 'qemu-shell <unix-socket>'
exit(1)
qemu = qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol(argv[1])
qemu.connect()
qemu.send("qmp_capabilities")
print 'Connected!'
while True:
try:
cmd = raw_input('(QEMU) ')
except EOFError:
print
break
if cmd == '':
continue
elif cmd == 'bye':
break
elif cmd == 'help':
shell_help()
else:
try:
resp = qemu.send(cmd)
if resp == None:
print 'Disconnected'
break
print resp
except IndexError:
print '-> command format: <command-name> ',
print '[arg-name1=arg1] ... [arg-nameN=argN]'
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()