Workaround to docker run “--env-file” supplied file not being evaluated as expected

Question

My current setup for running a docker container is on the lines of this:

1. I\'ve got a main.env file:

# Main
export PRIVATE_IP=\\`echo          


        

Answer 1

• Ceate a .env file

 example: test=123 val=Guru

• Execute command

docker run -it --env-file=.env bash

• Inside the bash verify using

echo $test (should print 123)