This is useful for testing QMP commands in scripts.
Example usage, combined with 'jq' for filtering the results:
$ ./scripts/qmp/qmp-shell /tmp/qmp qom-list path=/ | jq -r .return[].name
machine
type
chardevs
backend
$
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com>
---
scripts/qmp/qmp-shell | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
index 6113aaf..947fc36 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
@@ -410,6 +410,10 @@ def main():
default=True, help='Skip negotiate (for qemu-ga)')
parser.add_argument('addr', metavar='ADDRESS',
help='QMP socket address (Unix socket path or TCP address:port)')
+ parser.add_argument('cmd', metavar='COMMAND', nargs='?',
+ help='QMP command to be exeucted')
+ parser.add_argument('cmdargs', metavar='ARG=VALUE', nargs='*',
+ help='Argument to QMP command')
args = parser.parse_args()
try:
@@ -429,10 +433,13 @@ def main():
except qemu.error:
die('Could not connect to %s' % args.addr)
- qemu.show_banner()
qemu.set_verbosity(args.verbose)
- while qemu.read_exec_command(qemu.get_prompt()):
- pass
+ if args.cmd:
+ qemu.execute_cmdargs([args.cmd] + args.cmdargs)
+ else:
+ qemu.show_banner()
+ while qemu.read_exec_command(qemu.get_prompt()):
+ pass
qemu.close()
if __name__ == '__main__':
--
2.9.4
