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# singularity

> Manage Singularity containers and images.
> More information: <https://singularity-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#commands>.

- Download a remote image from Sylabs Cloud:

`singularity pull --name {{image.sif}} {{library://godlovedc/funny/lolcow:latest}}`

- Rebuild a remote image using the latest Singularity image format:

`singularity build {{image.sif}} {{docker://godlovedc/lolcow}}`

- Start a container from an image and get a shell inside it:

`singularity shell {{image.sif}}`

- Start a container from an image and run a command:

`singularity exec {{image.sif}} {{command}}`

- Start a container from an image and execute the internal runscript:

`singularity run {{image.sif}}`

- Build a singularity image from a recipe file:

`sudo singularity build {{image.sif}} {{recipe}}`
