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n Run a batch script and keep running afterwards. To use cmd.exe on Windows, you must
specify the script interpreter as null.
vmrun -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword runScriptInGuest Win10.vmwarevm/Win10.vmx ""
"cmd.exe /k \"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\VC\\vcvarsall.bat\" x86"
n Run a Bash shell script file or Perl script on a Linux guest.
vmrun -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword runScriptInGuest Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/Ubuntu16.vmx -
interactive "" "/bin/bash myscript"
vmrun -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword runScriptInGuest Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/Ubuntu16.vmx -
interactive "/usr/bin/perl" "system('firefox');"
n Start an X clock on a Linux guest, which requires the -display option to appear on the
console.
vmrun -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword runProgramInGuest Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/
Ubuntu16.vmx /usr/bin/xclock -display :0
n Run the same X clock command, but return control back to the console immediately.
vmrun -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword runProgramInGuest Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/Ubuntu16.vmx -
noWait /usr/bin/xclock -display :0
n Run Firefox.
vmrun -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword runProgramInGuest Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/
Ubuntu16.vmx /usr/bin/firefox --display=:0
n Setting the guest environment with the guestEnv parameter requires root permission on Linux
because the change affects subsequent commands issued by other users.
vmrun -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword writeVariable Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/Ubuntu16.vmx
guestEnv SRC tmp.example.com:1666
n List processes in a Linux guest and end the process numbered 8192.
vmrun -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword listProcessesInGuest Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/Ubuntu16.vmx
vmrun -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword killProcessInGuest UUbuntu16.vmwarevm/Ubuntu16.vmx
8192
n Run a Perl script on a Linux guest to remove DOS-style carriage returns from a file.
vmrun -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword runProgramInGuest Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/
Ubuntu16.vmx /usr/bin/perl -e "open(FILE, '>/tmp/unix.txt'); while (<>) { s/\r\n/\n/ ;
print FILE}" /tmp/dos.txt
n Run a Perl script on a Windows guest to insert DOS-style carriage returns in a file.
vmrun -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword runProgramInGuest Win10.vmwarevm/Win10.vmx C:\cygwin
\bin\perl.exe -e "open(FILE, ‘>C:\Users\user\dos.txt’); while (<>) { s/\n/\r\n/ ; print
FILE}" C:\Users\guestUser\unix.txt
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