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DOCKER-COMPOSE-EXEC

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
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NAME

docker-compose-exec - Execute a command in a running container

SYNOPSIS

docker compose exec [OPTIONS] SERVICE COMMAND [ARGS...]

DESCRIPTION

This is the equivalent of docker exec targeting a Compose service.

With this subcommand, you can run arbitrary commands in your services. Commands allocate a TTY by default, so you can use a command such as docker compose exec web sh to get an interactive prompt.

OPTIONS

-d , --detach [=false]

Detached mode: Run command in the background

-e , --env =[]

Set environment variables

-h , --help [=false]

help for exec

--index =0

Index of the container if service has multiple replicas

-T , --no-TTY [=true]

Disable pseudo-TTY allocation. By default docker compose exec allocates a TTY.

--privileged [=false]

Give extended privileges to the process

-u , --user =""

Run the command as this user

-w , --workdir =""

Path to workdir directory for this command

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--dry-run [=false]

Execute command in dry run mode

SEE ALSO

docker-compose(1)