Docker Copy file from/to container

• 22 May 2021
• copy,
• copy-dir,
• copy-directory,
• copy-file,
• copy-folder,
• docker

The cp command can be used to copy files. One specific file (foo.txt) can be copied to the container like: docker cp foo.txt mycontainer:/foo.txt One specific file (foo.txt) can be copied from the container like: docker cp mycontainer:/foo.txt foo.txt For emphasis, mycontainer is a container ID, not an image ID.

Multiple files contained by the folder src can be copied into the target folder using: docker cp src/. mycontainer:/target docker cp mycontainer:/src/. target

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