qm-sendkey

Send a key event to a virtual machine

$ qm sendkey 100 ctrl-alt-delete

$ qm sendkey --skiplock true 100 key

qm sendkey [options] vmid key

qm sendkey sends QEMU monitor encoding key events to a virtual machine. This allows sending keyboard input like Ctrl+Alt+Delete or other key combinations to the VM.
Key names follow QEMU monitor encoding format.

--skiplock true|false

Ignore locks and force key send (root only)

Key encoding follows QEMU monitor format, not standard key names. The skiplock option requires root privileges.

Part of Proxmox VE QEMU/KVM management tools for virtual machine administration.

qm(1), qm-monitor(1)