Spinning up an isolated Ubuntu Linux environment for testing shell scripts, building software packages, or troubleshooting dependencies is instantaneous using Docker. The -it flags attach an interactive pseudo-TTY shell to the container.

Interactive Ubuntu Container Commands

Docker Terminal Commandsbash
# Run interactive Ubuntu container (auto-removes on exit)
docker run -it --rm ubuntu:latest bash
 
# Run Ubuntu container with local host directory volume mount (-v)
docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/workspace -w /workspace ubuntu:latest bash