Lxd: Appending text to file inside a container does not create file (lxc exec container -- "echo test > file.sh")

[gregsifr]

The below code does not create a file inside the container.

lxc launch ubuntu: test
lxc exec test -- "echo test > /home/ubuntu/file.sh"
lxc exec test -- ls /home/ubuntu

[stgraber]

That's because there is no command called "echo test > /home/ubuntu/file.sh" in your container.

I suspect you want:

lxc exec test -- sh -c "echo test > /home/ubuntu/file.sh"