Attach and run a command in a docker container

Question

I have a docker container running /bin/bash

So I can attach to it and run commands like

docker attach <container id>
bash# apt-get install package

Is there a way I can do this in a single docker command instead, maybe something like this:

docker attach <container id> "apt-get install package"

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '14 at 17:18

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This should work.

echo 'sudo apt-get install package' | docker attach <container id>

answered Jul 09 '14 at 17:18

study

thanks, thats a nice workaround, but is there also a way to then see the output of that command on stdout? – bwbrowning Jul 09 '14 at 17:23
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How about `echo 'sudo apt-get install package' | docker attach && docker logs -f ` ? – study Jul 09 '14 at 17:45

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