podman-exec(1)

NAME

podman-exec - Execute a command in a running container

SYNOPSIS

podman exec [options] container [command [arg ...]]

DESCRIPTION

podman exec executes a command in a running container.

OPTIONS

--env, -e

You may specify arbitrary environment variables that are available for the command to be executed.

--interactive, -i

Not supported. All exec commands are interactive by default.

--latest, -l

Instead of providing the container name or ID, use the last created container. If you use methods other than Podman to run containers such as CRI-O, the last started container could be from either of those methods.

The latest option is not supported on the remote client.

--preserve-fds=N

Pass down to the process N additional file descriptors (in addition to 0, 1, 2). The total FDs will be 3+N.

--privileged

Give the process extended Linux capabilities when running the command in container.

--tty, -t

Allocate a pseudo-TTY.

--user, -u

Sets the username or UID used and optionally the groupname or GID for the specified command. The following examples are all valid: --user [user | user:group | uid | uid:gid | user:gid | uid:group ]

--workdir, -w=""

Working directory inside the container

The default working directory for running binaries within a container is the root directory (/). The image developer can set a different default with the WORKDIR instruction, which can be overridden when creating the container.

EXAMPLES

$ podman exec -it ctrID ls $ podman exec -it -w /tmp myCtr pwd $ podman exec --user root ctrID ls

SEE ALSO

podman(1), podman-run(1)

HISTORY

December 2017, Originally compiled by Brent Baude ⟨bbaude@redhat.com⟩