Copy Files to Docker Container: 2 Methods

There are two ways to copy files into a container in Docker.

1. To use the docker cp command:
   The docker cp command is used to copy files from the host to the container, with the following syntax:
2. Copy the file.txt located at /path/to/file.txt to the container with the ID container_id, and place it at /path/to/destination/file.txt.
3. “/path/to/file.txt is the file path on the host machine, container_id is the ID of the container, and /path/to/destination/file.txt is the target path inside the container.”
4. The COPY instruction in a Dockerfile allows you to copy files into a container, with the syntax as follows:
5. Duplicate file.txt to destination/file.txt.
6. After that, you can build the image and run the container to copy the files into it.

Both methods can be used to copy files into a Docker container.