Attach and run a command in a docker container

Question

I have a docker container running /bin/bash

So I can attach to it and run commands like

docker attach <container id>
bash# apt-get install package

Is there a way I can do this in a single docker command instead, maybe something like this:

docker attach <container id> "apt-get install package"

study · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-09 17:18:18Z

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This should work.

echo 'sudo apt-get install package' | docker attach <container id>

answered Jul 9, 2014 at 17:18

study

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thanks, thats a nice workaround, but is there also a way to then see the output of that command on stdout?

How about echo 'sudo apt-get install package' | docker attach <container id> && docker logs -f <container id> ?