From 478d3a9434232e673f225ea3386d6de969362862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Salvatore Ingala <6681844+bigspider@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:09:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] How to run commands in the container

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 README.md | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0cc80ca..7d0763e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,10 +39,17 @@ docker run -d -p 18443:18443 bigspider/bitcoin_matt
 
 Exposing port 18443 allows interacting with it using `bitcoin-cli -regtest` as normal, as long as a recent version of `bitcoin-cli` is in the path.
 
-Alternatively, once the container is running, one can access
+Alternatively, once the container is running, one can access a terminal in it with:
 
 ```bash
-docker run -d -p 18443:18443 <container_id>
+docker exec -it <container_id> /bin/bash
+```
+
+or run a command directly, for example:
+
+```bash
+docker exec <container_id> bitcoin-cli -regtest getblockcount
+
 ```
 
 ### Configuration