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## kubectl exec

Execute a command in a container

### Synopsis


Execute a command in a container.

```
kubectl exec POD [-c CONTAINER] -- COMMAND [args...]
```

### Examples

```

# Get output from running 'date' from pod 123456-7890, using the first container by default
kubectl exec 123456-7890 date

# Get output from running 'date' in ruby-container from pod 123456-7890
kubectl exec 123456-7890 -c ruby-container date

# Switch to raw terminal mode, sends stdin to 'bash' in ruby-container from pod 123456-7890
# and sends stdout/stderr from 'bash' back to the client
kubectl exec 123456-7890 -c ruby-container -i -t -- bash -il
```

### Options

```
  -c, --container string   Container name. If omitted, the first container in the pod will be chosen
  -p, --pod string         Pod name
  -i, --stdin              Pass stdin to the container
  -t, --tty                Stdin is a TTY
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --alsologtostderr value          log to standard error as well as files
      --as string                      Username to impersonate for the operation
      --certificate-authority string   Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority
      --client-certificate string      Path to a client certificate file for TLS
      --client-key string              Path to a client key file for TLS
      --cluster string                 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
      --context string                 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
      --insecure-skip-tls-verify       If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
      --kubeconfig string              Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
      --log-backtrace-at value         when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
      --log-dir value                  If non-empty, write log files in this directory
      --logtostderr value              log to standard error instead of files
      --match-server-version           Require server version to match client version
  -n, --namespace string               If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
      --password string                Password for basic authentication to the API server
  -s, --server string                  The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
      --stderrthreshold value          logs at or above this threshold go to stderr (default 2)
      --token string                   Bearer token for authentication to the API server
      --user string                    The name of the kubeconfig user to use
      --username string                Username for basic authentication to the API server
  -v, --v value                        log level for V logs
      --vmodule value                  comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
```



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