toolbox/doc/toolbox-run.1.md

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NAME

toolbox-run - Run a command in an existing toolbox container

SYNOPSIS

toolbox run [--container NAME | -c NAME] [--distro DISTRO | -d DISTRO] [--release RELEASE | -r RELEASE] [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION

Runs a command inside an existing toolbox container. The container should have been created using the toolbox create command.

On Fedora, the default container is known as fedora-toolbox-N, where N is the release of the host. A specific container can be selected using the --container option.

A toolbox container is an OCI container. Therefore, toolbox run is analogous to a podman start followed by a podman exec.

OPTIONS

The following options are understood:

--container NAME, -c NAME

Run command inside a toolbox container with the given NAME. This is useful when there are multiple toolbox containers created from the same image, or entirely customized containers created from custom-built images.

--distro DISTRO, -d DISTRO

Run command inside a toolbox container for a different operating system DISTRO than the host. Has to be coupled with --release unless the selected system matches the host system.

--release RELEASE, -r RELEASE

Run command inside a toolbox container for a different operating system RELEASE than the host.

EXAMPLES

Run ls inside a toolbox container using the default image matching the host OS

$ toolbox run ls -la

Run emacs inside a toolbox container using the default image for Fedora 36

$ toolbox run --distro fedora --release f36 emacs

Run uptime inside a custom toolbox container using a custom image

$ toolbox run --container foo uptime

SEE ALSO

toolbox(1), podman(1), podman-exec(1), podman-start(1)