docker run <IMAGE> <MULTIPLE COMMANDS>

Question

I'm trying to run MULTIPLE commands like this.

docker run image cd /path/to/somewhere && python a.py

But this gives me "No such file or directory" error because it is interpreted as...

"docker run image cd /path/to/somewhere" && "python a.py"

It seems that some ESCAPE characters like "" or () are needed.

So I also tried

docker run image "cd /path/to/somewhere && python a.py"
docker run image (cd /path/to/somewhere && python a.py)

but these didn't work.

I have searched for Docker Run Reference but have not find any hints about ESCAPE characters.

Answer 1

To run multiple commands in docker, use /bin/bash -c and semicolon ;

docker run image_name /bin/bash -c "cd /path/to/somewhere; python a.py"

In case we need command2 (python) will be executed if and only if command1 (cd) returned zero (no error) exit status, use && instead of ;

docker run image_name /bin/bash -c "cd /path/to/somewhere && python a.py"