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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