I use ls in docker container.
$ docker@default:~/work$ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE centos latest 778a53015523 3 weeks ago 196.7 MB $ docker run -it -d -v /c/Users/user_name/work_dir:/home/work --name sample centos bash $ docker exec -it sample bash [root@d52ae6410ee4 /]# ls anaconda-post.log bin dev etc home lib lib64 lost+found media mnt opt proc root run sbin srv sys tmp usr var [root@d52ae6410ee4 /]#