Launch virtual machine, wait for it's network up, and ssh to it ./startbox.sh EditorBox vlad

startbox.sh

#!/bin/bash 
VMNAME=$1
IPVMA=`VBoxManage guestproperty get $VMNAME /VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP | awk '{ print $2 }'`
if [[ "$IPVMA" = "value" ]]; then
  echo -n Starting up new instance..
	VBoxManage startvm $VMNAME --type headless > /dev/null
else
	echo -n Connecting to running VM..
fi
while [ "$IPVMA" = "value" ]; do
   sleep 0.5s
   echo -n .
   IPVMA=`VBoxManage guestproperty get $VMNAME /VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP | awk '{ print $2 }'`
done
echo . Done! 
sleep 0.5s
ssh $2@$IPVMA