Launch a container with Docker without specifying command

When I need to inspect a docker container that I’ve created that is having issues running the normal CMD in the Dockerfile, I comment out that command and replace with “sleep” command to just pause the container when it starts so I can log into it and inspect the installation.

In Dockerfile

CMD ["sleep","3600"]

To log into the running Docker instance

docker exec -i -t <Container ID> bash

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