Linux nsenter Command

What is Linux nsenter Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use nsenter command in Linux. nsenter command is nsenter - run program with namespaces of other processes.

nsenter Syntax#

nsenter [options] [program [arguments]]

nsenter Examples#

nsenter Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of nsenter command. nsenter command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for nsenter command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man nsenter

To open info page for nsenter command we can use command below.

info nsenter

To open help page from nsenter command we can run command below.

nsenter --help

Linux nsenter Command Source Code#

You can find nsenter command source code from the folowing repositories:

• nsenter source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use nsenter in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.