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container-run(1) General Commands Manual container-run(1)

Name

container-run - Execute commands in a container namespace

Synopsis

container run ['OPTIONS'] -- 'COMMAND'|"COMMANDS"
cnt r ['OPTIONS'] -- 'COMMAND'|"COMMANDS"

Description

The container run command executes arbitrary commands as root in a container namespace.

Options

The following container run options are available:

Specify container name. Specifying 'ALL' will start all stopped container.

Examples

Run 'hostname' in example.net container:

sudo container run -n example.net -- hostname


Create and delete a file in example.net container:

sudo container run -n example.net -- 'touch /tmp/foo && rm -f /tmp/foo'


See also

compute-tools(7),
container(1).

Homepage

More information about compute-tools and the Open Infrastructure project can be found on the homepage (<https://open-infrastructure.net>).

Contact

Bug reports, feature requests, help, patches, support and everything else are welcome on the Open Infrastructure Software Mailing List <<software@lists.open-infrastructure.net>>.

Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System (<https://bugs.debian.org>).

Authors

compute-tools were written by Daniel Baumann <<daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>> and others.

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