Parallels Utils

A collection of utils for using with Parallels Desktop 9.

Requirements

• Parallels Virtualization SDK 9 for Mac, download and install it.

Install with Homebrew

brew tap rickard-von-essen/formulae
brew install --HEAD prl-utils

Building from Source

• Install requirements
• Build

make

All binaries are built into bin/. Add it to you path.

Usage

prltype

A simple tools to send keyboard events to a Virtual Machine. prltype <vm_name> <scan codese...>

Example: prltype MyVm 1e 146 30 158 will send ab to the virtual machine MyVm.

For a complete set of keyboard scan codes see: Keyboard scancodes column Set 1

Every key is sent with two codes, first the pressed and then the release code. The release code is the same as pressed (listed in the table) plus 0x128.

License

This code is distributed under the MIT license, see LICENSE.

© 2014 Rickard von Essen

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