exec

Get output from running the ‘date’ command from pod mypod, using the first container by default

kubectl exec mypod -- date

Get output from running the ‘date’ command in ruby-container from pod mypod

kubectl exec mypod -c ruby-container -- date

Switch to raw terminal mode; sends stdin to ‘bash’ in ruby-container from pod mypod # and sends stdout/stderr from ‘bash’ back to the client

kubectl exec mypod -c ruby-container -i -t -- bash -il

List contents of /usr from the first container of pod mypod and sort by modification time # If the command you want to execute in the pod has any flags in common (e.g. -i), # you must use two dashes (—) to separate your command’s flags/arguments # Also note, do not surround your command and its flags/arguments with quotes # unless that is how you would execute it normally (i.e., do ls -t /usr, not “ls -t /usr”)

kubectl exec mypod -i -t -- ls -t /usr

Get output from running ‘date’ command from the first pod of the deployment mydeployment, using the first container by default

kubectl exec deploy/mydeployment -- date

Get output from running ‘date’ command from the first pod of the service myservice, using the first container by default

kubectl exec svc/myservice -- date

Execute a command in a container.

Usage

$ kubectl exec (POD | TYPE/NAME) [-c CONTAINER] [flags] -- COMMAND [args...]

Flags