Not able to exit from interactive mode of docker start

Question

I started a container using the below command connecting to linux server using putty.

docker start -i <containerid>

but I am not able exit from it and get back to command line, without closing the putty.

Answer 1

• Start the container docker start <container-id>
• Set the containers to run in daemon mode docker exec -it -d <container-id> bash or docker exec -d <container-id> bash
• Enter the running container docker exec -it <container-id> bash
• Exit the interactive mode by typing exit
• Type docker ps -a, the container will still be running, to stop it use docker stop <container-id>

Example to quit interactive mode and keep the container alive:

Answer 2

you can do from your terminal:

• exit
• ctrl+C
• ctrl+D