If you want to run a docker container with a certain image and a specified command, you can do it in this fashion: docker run -it -d -name container_name image_name bash I’ll explain in detail what the above two commands do and what is the -it option in the docker run and exec command. :~$ docker exec -it my_container bashīin boot dev etc home lib lib64 media mnt opt proc root run sbin srv sys tmp usr var Here’s an example where I create a new container with Ubuntu as the base image and then I enter the running Ubuntu container and run the ls command: :~$ docker run -it -d -name my_container ubuntu bashħe77640bca686108ad415318278a1fa148e1c84d3b180276e19ec2b970ba9b67

You can create and run a container with the following command: docker run -it -d -name container_name image_name bashĪnd then, if you want to enter the container (to run commands inside the container interactively), you can use the docker exec command: docker exec -it container_ID_or_name /bin/bash So, if you are new to Docker, you might wonder how to run a docker container.

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