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NAME

6              distrobox-host-exec
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DESCRIPTION

9       distrobox-host-exec  lets one execute command on the host, while inside
10       of a container.
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12       Under the hood, distrobox-host-exec uses host-spawn a project that lets
13       us execute commands back on the host.  If the tool is not found the us‐
14       er will be prompted to install it.
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SYNOPSIS

17       Just pass to “distrobox-host-exec” any command and all  its  arguments,
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20              --help/-h:      show this message
21              --verbose/-v:       show more verbosity
22              --version/-V:       show version
23              --yes/-Y:       Automatically answer yes to prompt:
24                                          host-spawn will be installed on the guest system
25                                          if host-spawn is not detected.
26                                          This behaviour is default when running in a non-interactive shell.
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28       If no command is provided, it will execute “$SHELL”.
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30       Alternatively, use symlinks to make distrobox-host-exec execute as that
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33              ~$: ln -s /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/podman
34              ~$: ls -l /usr/local/bin/podman
35              lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 51 Jul 11 19:26 /usr/local/bin/podman -> /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec
36              ~$: podman version
37              ...this is executed on host...
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EXAMPLES

40              distrobox-host-exec ls
41              distrobox-host-exec bash -l
42              distrobox-host-exec flatpak run org.mozilla.firefox
43              distrobox-host-exec podman ps -a
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