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RUN (BACKGROUND|REPEATABLE) [command ...] The RUN instruction runs the given script, and fails the entire Layerfile if the given command fails. For example, you might use RUN echo "the directory is $(pwd)" to print your current directory.

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Examples

  • RUN echo hello prints “hello” to the terminal
  • RUN BACKGROUND python3 -m http.server run python3 -m http.server persistently in the background.
  • RUN REPEATABLE docker build -t hello is a performance optimization, see tuning performance