docker-compose-exec(1)

docker-compose-exec1

Execute a command in a running container

Usage

docker compose exec [OPTIONS] SERVICE COMMAND [ARGS ...]

Overview

This is the equivalent of docker exec targeting a Compose service.

With this subcommand, you can run arbitrary commands in your services. Commands allocate a TTY by default, so you can use a command such as docker compose exec web sh to get an interactive prompt.

Options

-d, --detach[=false]
Detached mode: Run command in the background

-e, --env=[]
Set environment variables

-h, --help[=false]
help for exec

--index=0
Index of the container if service has multiple replicas

-T, --no-TTY[=true]
Disable pseudo-TTY allocation. By default docker compose exec allocates a TTY.

--privileged[=false]
Give extended privileges to the process

-u, --user=""
Run the command as this user

-w, --workdir=""
Path to workdir directory for this command

Options inherited from parent commands

--dry-run[=false]
Execute command in dry run mode

From docker-compose 2.26.1-4 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.