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title: docker exec
tags: Docker
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# docker exec
### Usage:

docker exec [OPTIONS] CONTAINER COMMAND [ARG...]

> Run a command in a running container

### Options:

| Options | Description |
| -------- | -------- |
| -d, --detach |Detached mode: run command in the background
| --detach-keys string |Override the key sequence for detaching a container
| -e, --env list |Set environment variables
| -i, --interactive |Keep STDIN open even if not attached
| --privileged |Give extended privileges to the command
| -t, --tty |Allocate a pseudo-TTY
| -u, --user string |Username or UID (format: <name|uid>[:<group|gid>])
| -w, --workdir string |Working directory inside the container