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To get a node version - I expect to run the following:

node --version

I'm running the following with docker:

docker run node:4-onbuild -v

I get this:

docker: Error response from daemon: Container command '--version' not found or does not exist..

My question is: How to get version of node from docker container?

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hawkeye
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    Could you try `docker run -it --rm node /bin/bash -c 'node --version'` – Jayaram Mar 08 '17 at 12:41
  • your command `docker run node:4-onbuild -v` does launch a node:4 docker container, and tries to launch the command `-v` which is not a valid bash command, see Kunkka's answer – user2915097 Mar 08 '17 at 13:06

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you need to specifically ask docker to run -v within the node container like below

docker run -it --rm node /bin/bash -c 'node --version'
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    In case one uses `node:alpine` or other distributions who have no `bin/bash` available, you can use `docker run -it --rm node:alipne node`. It will start node console with version info in the first line. – Tzahi Leh Aug 11 '20 at 08:42
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you can simply type "docker run node -v"

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    You still need to specify the image, so we could do something like you mentioned: `docker run -it node:latest /usr/local/bin/node -v` or with short form: `docker run -it node node -v` – minus one May 20 '23 at 14:14
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    Try to give explanation to your answer, people also understand why one or other solution works. – minus one May 20 '23 at 14:21
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