distrobox-enter Command Examples

Enter a Distrobox container. See also: tldr distrobox. Default command executed is your SHELL, but you can specify different shells or entire commands to execute. If used inside a script, an application, or a service, you can use the --headless mode to disable the tty and interactivity. More information: https://distrobox.it/usage/distrobox-enter.

• Enter a Distrobox container:

distrobox-enter {{container_name}}

• Enter a Distrobox container and run a command at login:

distrobox-enter {{container_name}} -- {{sh -l}}

• Enter a Distrobox container without instantiating a tty:

distrobox-enter --name {{container_name}} -- {{uptime -p}}