Get Bash Shell In A Container

Run Detached Container

Create and start a Docker container (docker run) that is detached (-detacted), named www (--name www), and uses the Docker image ngix:latest.

docker run --detach --name www nginx:latest

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SSH Into Container

Execute (docker exec) /bin/bash on the interactive (-it) container called www.

sudo docker exec -it www /bin/bash

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View Container’s Filesystem

View all files and folders (ls) that displays using long format and shows hidden files (-al)

# View container's filesystem
ls -al

total 88
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root 4096 Aug  2 05:37 .
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root 4096 Aug  2 05:37 ..
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root    0 Aug  2 05:37 .dockerenv
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jul 20 00:00 bin
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 May  2 16:39 boot
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  340 Aug  2 05:37 dev
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root 4096 Jul 22 03:23 docker-entrypoint.d
-rwxrwxr-x   1 root root 1202 Jul 22 03:22 docker-entrypoint.sh
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root 4096 Aug  2 05:37 etc
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 May  2 16:39 home
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root 4096 Jul 22 03:23 lib
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jul 20 00:00 lib64
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jul 20 00:00 media
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jul 20 00:00 mnt
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jul 20 00:00 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 879 root root    0 Aug  2 05:37 proc
drwx------   2 root root 4096 Jul 20 00:00 root
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root 4096 Aug  2 05:37 run
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jul 20 00:00 sbin
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jul 20 00:00 srv
dr-xr-xr-x  13 root root    0 Aug  2 05:37 sys
drwxrwxrwt   1 root root 4096 Jul 22 03:23 tmp
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root 4096 Jul 20 00:00 usr
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root 4096 Jul 20 00:00 var