# Virtual Serial Port

### Adding a Serial Port

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**Note**: Adding a Serial port is not supported in macOS virtual machines.
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**--device-add serial** {**--device** <*name*>|**--output** <*file*>|**--socket** <*name*>

\[**--socket-mode** <**server**|**client**>]}

Modify a serial port

**--device-set** <*port\_name*> {**--device** <*name*>|**--output** <*file*>|**--socket** <*name*>

\[**--socket-mode** <**server**|**client**>]}

#### Parameters

*port\_name*: the name of the port to modify (**--device-set** command only). To obtain the list of the available ports, use the *prlctl list --info* command.

**--device**: the number of the host computer serial port that will be used by the virtual machine.

**--output**: the path to the file where the output of the virtual serial port will be sent.

**--socket**: the name of the host computer socket to which the serial port will be connected.

**--socket-mode**: the socket operation mode.


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