Execute a Command in a Virtual Machine

prlctl exec <vm_id | vm_name> <command>

Executes a command inside a virtual machine. Parallels Tools must be installed in the virtual machine. Commands in Linux guests are invoked with bash -c.

Optional Parameters

--current-user or --user <user_name>

Include the --current-user option to log in as the user currently logged in inside the guest OS; or use the --user parameter and specify a user name.

--password <password>

The user password

-r, --resolve-paths

Enable converting host paths to guest.

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