lxc.exec(1)

lxc-exec - Execute commands in instances

Section 1 lxd-client bookworm source

Description

LXD - Command line client

NAME

lxc-exec - Execute commands in instances

SYNOPSIS

lxc exec [:] [flags] [--]

DESCRIPTION

Description:
Execute commands in instances

The command is executed directly using exec, so there is no shell and
shell patterns (variables, file redirects, ...) won’t be understood.
If you need a shell environment you need to execute the shell
executable, passing the shell commands as arguments, for example:

lxc exec <instance> -- sh -c "cd /tmp && pwd"

Mode defaults to non-interactive, interactive mode is selected if both stdin AND stdout are terminals (stderr is ignored).

OPTIONS

	--cwd=""	Directory to run the command in (default /root)‘‘
	-n, --disable-stdin[=false]	Disable stdin (reads from /dev/null)
	--env=[]	Environment variable to set (e.g. HOME=/home/foo)‘‘
	-t, --force-interactive[=false]	Force pseudo-terminal allocation
	-T, --force-noninteractive[=false]	Disable pseudo-terminal allocation
	--group=0	Group ID to run the command as (default 0)‘‘
	--mode="auto"	Override the terminal mode (auto, interactive or non-interactive)‘‘
	--user=0	User ID to run the command as (default 0)‘‘

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

	--debug[=false]	Show all debug messages
	--force-local[=false]	Force using the local unix socket
	-h, --help[=false]	Print help
	--project=""	Override the source project‘‘
	-q, --quiet[=false]	Don’t show progress information
	--sub-commands[=false]	Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
	-v, --verbose[=false]	Show all information messages
	--version[=false]	Print version number

HISTORY

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