command: docker compose exec short: Execute a command in a running container. long: |- 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. usage: docker compose exec [OPTIONS] SERVICE COMMAND [ARGS...] pname: docker compose plink: docker_compose.yaml options: - option: detach shorthand: d value_type: bool default_value: "false" description: 'Detached mode: Run command in the background.' deprecated: false hidden: false experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false - option: env shorthand: e value_type: stringArray default_value: '[]' description: Set environment variables deprecated: false hidden: false experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false - option: index value_type: int default_value: "1" description: | index of the container if there are multiple instances of a service [default: 1]. deprecated: false hidden: false experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false - option: interactive shorthand: i value_type: bool default_value: "true" description: Keep STDIN open even if not attached. deprecated: false hidden: true experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false - option: no-TTY shorthand: T value_type: bool default_value: "true" description: | Disable pseudo-TTY allocation. By default `docker compose exec` allocates a TTY. deprecated: false hidden: false experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false - option: privileged value_type: bool default_value: "false" description: Give extended privileges to the process. deprecated: false hidden: false experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false - option: tty shorthand: t value_type: bool default_value: "true" description: Allocate a pseudo-TTY. deprecated: false hidden: true experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false - option: user shorthand: u value_type: string description: Run the command as this user. deprecated: false hidden: false experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false - option: workdir shorthand: w value_type: string description: Path to workdir directory for this command. deprecated: false hidden: false experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false inherited_options: - option: dry-run value_type: bool default_value: "false" description: Execute command in dry run mode deprecated: false hidden: false experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false deprecated: false experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false