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   kubectl exec my-pod -it -- bash -il
   kubectl exec my-pod -it -- bash -il
=The Role of '--' on Command Line=
The '--' is a sequence of characters that signals to kubectl to stop scanning command line for its own flags and options (sequences that start with -). This is particularly useful if the command to be executed has its own command line arguments that start with '-'. If the command you want to execute in the pod has any flags in common (e.g. -i), two dashes (--) must be used to separate the command's flags/arguments from kubectl's commands/arguments.
For example,
kubectl exec my-pod -it bash -c my-command
will fail because kubectl will interpret "-c" as a container name flag and try to look up "my-command" as a container in the pod - which will fail.
The correct command is:
kubectl exec my-pod -it -- bash -c my-command
which tells kubectl to execute "bash -c my-command" as command on the pod.


=Flags=
=Flags=

Revision as of 00:55, 20 September 2020

Internal

Overview

Execute a command in a container: 

kubectl exec <pod-name|type/name> [-c <container>] [flags] -- <command> [args...] [options]

Do not surround the command and its flags/arguments with quotes unless that is how it would execute normally (i.e., do ls -t /usr, not "ls -t /usr").

Example

Read-Only Commands

Get the date on the target pod: 

 kubectl exec my-pod date

Interactive Commands

Start a bash into the container, switch to raw terminal mode, send stdin to the bash process in pod my-pod and sends stdout/stderr from 'bash' back to the client: 

 kubectl exec my-pod -it -- bash -il

Flags

-c,--container=

The name of the container to execute the command into. If omitted, the first container in the pod will be chosen.

-i,--stdin=false

Pass stdin to the container.

-t,--tty=false

Stdin is a TTY

--pod-running-timeout=

The length of time (like 5s, 2m, or 3h, higher than zero) to wait until at least one pod is running.

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