KVM virsh send-key example (Control-Alt-Delete and more)
send-key domain [--codeset codeset] [--holdtime holdtime] keycode...
Parse the keycode sequence as keystrokes to send to domain. Each keycode can either be a numeric value or a symbolic name from the corresponding codeset. If --holdtime is given, each keystroke will be held for that many milliseconds. The default codeset is linux, but use of the --codeset option allows other codesets to be chosen.
If multiple keycodes are specified, they are all sent simultaneously to the guest, and they may be received in random order. If you need distinct keypresses, you must use multiple send-key invocations.
- linux - Linux generic input event subsystem. The symbolic names match the corresponding Linux key constant macro names.
- xt - XT keyboard controller. No symbolic names are provided
- atset1 - AT keyboard controller, set 1 (aka XT compatible set). Extended keycoes from atset1 may differ from extended keycodes in the xt codeset. No symbolic names are provided
- atset2 - AT keyboard controller, set 2. No symbolic names are provided
- atset3 - AT keyboard controller, set 3 (aka PS/2 compatible set). No symbolic names are provided
- os_x - OS-X keyboard input subsystem. The symbolic names match the corresponding OS-X key constant macro names
- xt_kbd - Linux KBD device. These are a variant on the original XT codeset, but often with different encoding for extended keycodes. No symbolic names are provided
- win32 - Win32 keyboard input subsystem. The symbolic names match the corresponding Win32 key constant macro names
- usb - USB HID specification for keyboard input. No symbolic names are provided
- rfb - RFB extension for sending raw keycodes. These are a variant on the XT codeset, but extended keycodes have the low bit of the second byte set, instead of the high bit of the first byte. No symbolic names are provided.
Examples
Send Control-Alt-Delete, which will reboot the server:
Some more examples:
Keycode list
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 | static const KeyDef key_defs[] = {
{ 0x2a, "shift" },
{ 0x36, "shift_r" },
{ 0x38, "alt" },
{ 0xb8, "alt_r" },
{ 0x64, "altgr" },
{ 0xe4, "altgr_r" },
{ 0x1d, "ctrl" },
{ 0x9d, "ctrl_r" },
{ 0xdd, "menu" },
{ 0x01, "esc" },
{ 0x02, "1" },
{ 0x03, "2" },
{ 0x04, "3" },
{ 0x05, "4" },
{ 0x06, "5" },
{ 0x07, "6" },
{ 0x08, "7" },
{ 0x09, "8" },
{ 0x0a, "9" },
{ 0x0b, "0" },
{ 0x0c, "minus" },
{ 0x0d, "equal" },
{ 0x0e, "backspace" },
{ 0x0f, "tab" },
{ 0x10, "q" },
{ 0x11, "w" },
{ 0x12, "e" },
{ 0x13, "r" },
{ 0x14, "t" },
{ 0x15, "y" },
{ 0x16, "u" },
{ 0x17, "i" },
{ 0x18, "o" },
{ 0x19, "p" },
{ 0x1a, "bracket_left" },
{ 0x1b, "bracket_right" },
{ 0x1c, "ret" },
{ 0x1e, "a" },
{ 0x1f, "s" },
{ 0x20, "d" },
{ 0x21, "f" },
{ 0x22, "g" },
{ 0x23, "h" },
{ 0x24, "j" },
{ 0x25, "k" },
{ 0x26, "l" },
{ 0x27, "semicolon" },
{ 0x28, "apostrophe" },
{ 0x29, "grave_accent" },
{ 0x2b, "backslash" },
{ 0x2c, "z" },
{ 0x2d, "x" },
{ 0x2e, "c" },
{ 0x2f, "v" },
{ 0x30, "b" },
{ 0x31, "n" },
{ 0x32, "m" },
{ 0x33, "comma" },
{ 0x34, "dot" },
{ 0x35, "slash" },
{ 0x37, "asterisk" },
{ 0x39, "spc" },
{ 0x3a, "caps_lock" },
{ 0x3b, "f1" },
{ 0x3c, "f2" },
{ 0x3d, "f3" },
{ 0x3e, "f4" },
{ 0x3f, "f5" },
{ 0x40, "f6" },
{ 0x41, "f7" },
{ 0x42, "f8" },
{ 0x43, "f9" },
{ 0x44, "f10" },
{ 0x45, "num_lock" },
{ 0x46, "scroll_lock" },
{ 0xb5, "kp_divide" },
{ 0x37, "kp_multiply" },
{ 0x4a, "kp_subtract" },
{ 0x4e, "kp_add" },
{ 0x9c, "kp_enter" },
{ 0x53, "kp_decimal" },
{ 0x54, "sysrq" },
{ 0x52, "kp_0" },
{ 0x4f, "kp_1" },
{ 0x50, "kp_2" },
{ 0x51, "kp_3" },
{ 0x4b, "kp_4" },
{ 0x4c, "kp_5" },
{ 0x4d, "kp_6" },
{ 0x47, "kp_7" },
{ 0x48, "kp_8" },
{ 0x49, "kp_9" },
{ 0x56, "<" },
{ 0x57, "f11" },
{ 0x58, "f12" },
{ 0xb7, "print" },
{ 0xc7, "home" },
{ 0xc9, "pgup" },
{ 0xd1, "pgdn" },
{ 0xcf, "end" },
{ 0xcb, "left" },
{ 0xc8, "up" },
{ 0xd0, "down" },
{ 0xcd, "right" },
{ 0xd2, "insert" },
{ 0xd3, "delete" },
{ 0xf0, "stop" },
{ 0xf1, "again" },
{ 0xf2, "props" },
{ 0xf3, "undo" },
{ 0xf4, "front" },
{ 0xf5, "copy" },
{ 0xf6, "open" },
{ 0xf7, "paste" },
{ 0xf8, "find" },
{ 0xf9, "cut" },
{ 0xfa, "lf" },
{ 0xfb, "help" },
{ 0xfc, "meta_l" },
{ 0xfd, "meta_r" },
{ 0xfe, "compose" },
{ 0, NULL },
};
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