apptainer exec

linux

Execute a command within an Apptainer container. See also: `apptainer run`, `apptainer shell`.

Options (3)

-B, --bindboolean

Execute a command with a bind mount from host to container

Example: apptainer exec {{[-B|--bind]}} {{path/to/source}}:{{path/to/destination}} {{path/to/image.sif}} {{command}}

-C, --containallboolean

Execute a command in fully isolated mode (contained filesystem, PID, IPC, and clean environment)

Example: apptainer exec {{[-C|--containall]}} {{path/to/image.sif}} {{command}}

-h, --helpboolean

Display help

Example: apptainer exec {{[-h|--help]}}

Execute a command inside a container

apptainer exec path/to/image.sif command

Execute a command with arguments

apptainer exec path/to/image.sif command arg1 arg2 ...

Execute a command with a bind mount from host to container

apptainer exec [-B|--bind] path/to/source:path/to/destination path/to/image.sif command

Execute a command with environment variables

apptainer exec --env variable=value path/to/image.sif command

Execute a command in fully isolated mode (contained filesystem, PID, IPC, and clean environment)

apptainer exec [-C|--containall] path/to/image.sif command

Execute a command with a writable temporary filesystem overlay

apptainer exec --writable-tmpfs path/to/image.sif command

Execute a command with NVIDIA GPU support

apptainer exec --nv path/to/image.sif command

Display help

apptainer exec [-h|--help]