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I can't figure out how to read content of a file from a Docker container. I want to execute content of a SQL file into my PGSQL container. I tried:
docker exec -it app_pgsql psql --host=127.0.0.1 --username=foo foo < /usr/src/app/migrations/*.sql My application is mounted in /usr/src/app. But I got an error:
bash: /usr/src/app/migrations/*.sql: No such file or directory
It seems that Bash interprets this path as an host path, not a guest one. Indeed, executing the command in two times works perfectly:
docker exec -it app_pgsql psql --host=127.0.0.1 --username=foo foo < /usr/src/app/migrations/*.sql I think that's more a Bash issue than a Docker one, but I'm still stuck! :)
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Description. The docker exec command runs a new command in a running container. The command started using docker exec only runs while the container's primary process ( PID 1 ) is running, and it is not restarted if the container is restarted. COMMAND will run in the default directory of the container.
Running Commands in an Alternate Directory in a Docker Container. To run a command in a certain directory of your container, use the --workdir flag to specify the directory: docker exec --workdir /tmp container-name pwd.
Follow these steps: Use docker ps to get the name of the existing container. Use the command docker exec -it <container name> /bin/bash to get a bash shell in the container. Or directly use docker exec -it <container name> <command> to execute whatever command you specify in the container.
Try and use a shell to execute that command
sh -c 'psql --host=127.0.0.1 --username=foo foo < /usr/src/app/migrations/*.sql' The full command would be:
docker exec -it app_pgsql sh -c 'psql --host=127.0.0.1 --username=foo foo < /usr/src/app/migrations/*.sql' try with sh -c "your long command"
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