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You can also run arbitrary commands in your devbox shell by passing them as arguments to devbox run. For example: 
  devbox run echo "Hello World"
Will print Hello World to the console from within your devbox shell. For more details, read our scripts guide 
  devbox run <script | command> [flags]

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Examples​

# Run a command directly:
devbox add cowsay
devbox run cowsay hello

# Run a command that takes flags:
devbox run cowsay -d hello

# Pass flags to devbox while running a command.
# All `devbox run` flags must be passed before the command
devbox run -q cowsay -d hello

# Run a script (defined as `"moo": "cowsay moo"`) in your devbox.json:
devbox run moo

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Options​

OptionDescription
-c, --config stringpath to directory containing a devbox.json config file
-e, --env stringToStringenvironment variables to set in the devbox environment (default [])
--env-file stringpath to a file containing environment variables to set in the devbox environment
-h, --helphelp for run
-q, --quietQuiet mode: Suppresses logs.

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SEE ALSO​

  • devbox - Instant, easy, predictable shells and containers
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