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container-run
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Execute commands in a container namespace
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:manual section: 1
:manual group: Open Infrastructure

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:

-n, --name='NAME':
  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.