Thread: Can I use C system() to replace bash script?

Hello,
I am wondering if I can write a C program with strings and to pass it to the system to avoid the ugly bash syntax? A simple example would be:

Code:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

/* start a virtual image with qemu-kvm */

static char command_name[2040] = {0};
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    
    if ( argc != 2 ) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Provide command line argument for virtual image \n");
        exit(1);
    } else {
            sprintf(command_name, "qemu-kvm -m 1024 %s -netdev user,id=user.0 -device rtl8139,netdev=user.0",
                argv[1]);
            
    }
    
    return system(command_name);
}

I don`t need big scripts just for few commands.