Remove the -it options, which I believe you don't need for executing a simple command like pwd.

(-it is what you use to execute a shell or other interactive command in a container, and requires there to be a tty.)

Best wishes - Neil


On 19 December 2017 12:59:19 GMT+00:00, "numbchild@gmail.com" <numbchild@gmail.com> wrote:
>Here is my example:
>
>#+NAME: get-container-name
>#+begin_src shell :results output
>echo $(docker ps --format="{{.Names}}")
>#+end_src
>
>#+RESULTS: get-container-name
>: elastic_thompson
>
>#+begin_src shell :var container_name=get-container-name :noweb yes
>docker exec -it $container_name pwd
># docker exec -it <<get-container-name>> pwd
>#+end_src
>
>#+RESULTS:
>
>But I got error:
>
>#+begin_example
>the input device is not a TTY
>#+end_example
>
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