EX188 Container Operations And Lifecycle Practice Question
An administrator is troubleshooting container startup failures and wants to inspect the exact entrypoint and command arguments configured for a container named app_run before it starts. Which inspect format expression retrieves this?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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podman inspect --format='{{.Config.Entrypoint}} {{.Config.Cmd}}' app_run
The entrypoint and command arguments are stored in .Config.Entrypoint and .Config.Cmd.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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podman ps --format='{{.Command}}' app_run
Why it's wrong here
While ps shows the running command, inspect .Config.Entrypoint and .Config.Cmd provide the raw configured metadata.
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podman inspect --format='{{.State.Command}}' app_run
Why it's wrong here
.State.Command does not exist in the inspect output structure.
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podman inspect --format='{{.Config.Entrypoint}} {{.Config.Cmd}}' app_run
Why this is correct
This inspect format string retrieves both the entrypoint and command configurations.
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podman inspect --format='{{.Args}}' app_run
Why it's wrong here
.Args is not the correct JSON path for image configuration entrypoints.
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