vmrun wrapper to run a command over vix and get the stdout/stderr

vmrun.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# vmrun.sh
#
#   Wrapper around vmrun to make running a shell command
#   or script in the path easier. Outputs stdout/stderr
#   from the command in the guest and exits with the
#   same return code.
#
# Amit Bakshi
# 12/25/2014

case "$(uname -s)" in
    Darwin)
        VMINSTALL="/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library"
        VMPROV="fusion"
        ;;
    Windows)
        VMINSTALL="/cygdrive/c/Program Files/VMware Workstation/bin"
        VMPROV="ws"
        ;;
    *)  echo >&2 "Unknown system $(uname -s)"
        exit 2
        ;;
esac

if [ -z "$VMX" ]; then
    VMX="$(find "$PWD" -name '*.vmx' -maxdepth 3 | head -1)"
fi

vmrun () {
    cmd="$1"
    shift
    set -- "$cmd" "$VMX" "$@"
    "$VMINSTALL/vmrun" -T "$VMPROV" -gu devp -gp devp "$@"
}

runscript_windows () {
    echo '@C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c '"$@"' > C:\Windows\Temp\'$$'.out 2>&1' > /tmp/$$.bat
    vmrun CopyFileFromHostToGuest /tmp/$$.bat C:\\Windows\\Temp\\$$.bat || return 1
    vmrun runProgramInGuest C:\\Windows\\Temp\\$$.bat
    res=$?
    vmrun CopyFileFromGuestToHost C:\\Windows\\Temp\\$$.out /tmp/$$.out &&
    cat /tmp/$$.out 2>/dev/null
    rm -f /tmp/$$.{out,bat}
    vmrun deleteFileInGuest C:\\Windows\\Temp\\$$.bat
    vmrun deleteFileInGuest C:\\Windows\\Temp\\$$.out
    return $res
}

runscript_linux () {
    echo -ne '#!/bin/bash\n'"$@"' > /tmp/'$$'.out 2>&1' > /tmp/$$.sh
    chmod +x /tmp/$$.sh
    vmrun CopyFileFromHostToGuest /tmp/$$.sh /tmp/$$.sh || return 1
    vmrun runProgramInGuest /tmp/$$.sh
    res=$?
    vmrun CopyFileFromGuestToHost /tmp/$$.out /tmp/$$.out &&
    cat /tmp/$$.out 2>/dev/null
    rm -f /tmp/$$.out
    vmrun deleteFileInGuest /tmp/$$.out
    vmrun deleteFileInGuest /tmp/$$.sh
    return $res
}

GUESTOS="$("$VMINSTALL/vmrun" -T "$VMPROV" readVariable "$VMX" runtimeConfig guestOS)"
case "$GUESTOS" in
    windows*) runscript_windows "$@" ;;
    rhel*|centos*|linux*) runscript_linux "$@" ;;
    *) echo >&2 "Unknown guestOS: $GUESTOS"; exit 2 ;;
esac