How to run multiple commands in docker at once

1.1K Asked by Jiten in Devops , Asked on Jul 27, 2021

I'm trying to execute multiple commands like this.

docker run image cd /some/path && python a.py

But I get a "No such file or directory" error. How docker run multiple commands?

Answered by Justin Stewart

In order to run multiple commands in docker, use /bin/bash -c with a semicolon ;

docker run image /bin/bash -c "cd /some/path; python a.py"

In this case, the second command (python) will be executed only if the first command (cd) returns no error or exit status. To avoid this use && instead of ; (semi-colon)

docker run image /bin/bash -c "cd /some/path && python a.py"

How to run multiple commands in docker at once

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