tldr/pages/linux/qm-sendkey.md

qm sendkey

Send QEMU monitor encoding key event to a virtual machine. More information: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html.

• Send the specified key event to a specific virtual machine:

qm {{[sen|sendkey]}} {{vm_id}} {{key}}

• Allow root user to send key event and ignore locks:

qm {{[sen|sendkey]}} --skiplock {{true}} {{vm_id}} {{key}}