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Description: Execute commands in instances Synopsis: Description:, Execute commands in instances,, The command is executed directly using exec, so there is no shell and, shell patterns (variables, file redirect...

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# `incus exec`

Execute commands in instances

## Synopsis

Description:
Execute commands in instances
The command is executed directly using exec, so there is no shell and
shell patterns (variables, file redirects, …) won’t be understood.
If you need a shell environment you need to execute the shell
executable, passing the shell commands as arguments, for example:
incus exec – sh -c “cd /tmp && pwd”
Mode defaults to non-interactive, interactive mode is selected if both stdin AND stdout are terminals (stderr is ignored).

    incus exec [<remote>:]<instance> [flags] [--] <command-line argument>...

## Examples

      incus exec c1 bash
      	Run the "bash" command in instance "c1"

      incus exec c1 -- ls -lh /
      	Run the "ls -lh /" command in instance "c1"

## Options

          --cwd                    Directory to run the command in (default /root)
      -n, --disable-stdin          Disable stdin (reads from /dev/null)
          --env                    Environment variable to set (e.g. HOME=/home/foo)
      -t, --force-interactive      Force pseudo-terminal allocation
      -T, --force-noninteractive   Disable pseudo-terminal allocation
          --group                  Group ID to run the command as (default 0)
          --mode                   Override the terminal mode (auto, interactive or non-interactive) (default "auto")
          --user                   User ID to run the command as (default 0)

## Options inherited from parent commands

          --debug          Show all debug messages
          --explain        If the command is valid, explain its parsed arguments instead of running it
          --force-local    Force using the local unix socket
      -h, --help           Print help
          --project        Override the source project
      -q, --quiet          Don't show progress information
          --sub-commands   Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
      -v, --verbose        Show all information messages
          --version        Print version number

## SEE ALSO

- incus - Command line client for Incus