| toolbox-run(1) | General Commands Manual | toolbox-run(1) |
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.
--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