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qm showcmd — Show command-line which is used to start the VM (debug info). More information: <https://pve.proxmox

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Problem

How to use the qm showcmd command: Show command-line which is used to start the VM (debug info). More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_showcmd>.

Solution

qm showcmd — Show command-line which is used to start the VM (debug info). More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_showcmd>.

Show command-line for a specific virtual machine:

qm {{[sho|showcmd]}} {{vm_id}}

Put each option on a new line to enhance human readability:

qm {{[sho|showcmd]}} --pretty {{true}} {{vm_id}}

Fetch configuration values from a specific snapshot:

qm {{[sho|showcmd]}} --snapshot {{string}} {{vm_id}}

Code Snippets

Show command-line for a specific virtual machine

qm {{[sho|showcmd]}} {{vm_id}}

Put each option on a new line to enhance human readability

qm {{[sho|showcmd]}} --pretty {{true}} {{vm_id}}

Fetch configuration values from a specific snapshot

qm {{[sho|showcmd]}} --snapshot {{string}} {{vm_id}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/qm showcmd

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