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# virt-qemu-run

> Experimental tool to run a QEMU Guest VM independent of `libvirtd`.
> More information: <https://libvirt.org/manpages/virt-qemu-run.html>.

- Run a QEMU virtual machine:

`virt-qemu-run {{path/to/guest.xml}}`

- Run a QEMU virtual machine and store the state in a specific directory:

`virt-qemu-run {{[-r|--root]}} {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/guest.xml}}`

- Run a QEMU virtual machine and display verbose information about the startup:

`virt-qemu-run {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/guest.xml}}`

- Display help:

`virt-qemu-run {{[-h|--help]}}`
