Wsrtjtyk

I have the following file of inserts:

INSERT INTO countries (id, country_code, name, ios3, numcode, withdrawn)

VALUES

    (1, 'AF', 'Afghanistan', 'AFG', 4, 'f'),

    (2, 'AL', 'Albania', 'ALB', 8, 'f'),

    (3, 'DZ', 'Algeria', 'DZA', 12, 'f'),

    (4, 'AS', 'American Samoa', 'ASM', 16, 'f'),

    (5, 'AD', 'Andorra', 'AND', 20, 'f'),

    (6, 'AO', 'Angola', 'AGO', 24, 'f'),

    (7, 'AI', 'Anguilla', 'AIA', 660, 'f'),

    (8, 'AQ', 'Antarctica', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (9, 'AG', 'Antigua and Barbuda', 'ATG', 28, 'f'),

    (10, 'AR', 'Argentina', 'ARG', 32, 'f'),

    (11, 'AM', 'Armenia', 'ARM', 51, 'f'),

    (12, 'AW', 'Aruba', 'ABW', 533, 'f'),

    (13, 'AU', 'Australia', 'AUS', 36, 'f'),

    (14, 'AT', 'Austria', 'AUT', 40, 'f'),

    (15, 'AZ', 'Azerbaijan', 'AZE', 31, 'f'),

    (16, 'BS', 'Bahamas', 'BHS', 44, 'f'),

    (17, 'BH', 'Bahrain', 'BHR', 48, 'f'),

    (18, 'BD', 'Bangladesh', 'BGD', 50, 'f'),

    (19, 'BB', 'Barbados', 'BRB', 52, 'f'),

    (20, 'BY', 'Belarus', 'BLR', 112, 'f'),

    (21, 'BE', 'Belgium', 'BEL', 56, 'f'),

    (22, 'BZ', 'Belize', 'BLZ', 84, 'f'),

    (23, 'BJ', 'Benin', 'BEN', 204, 'f'),

    (24, 'BM', 'Bermuda', 'BMU', 60, 'f'),

    (25, 'BT', 'Bhutan', 'BTN', 64, 'f'),

    (26, 'BO', 'Bolivia', 'BOL', 68, 'f'),

    (27, 'BA', 'Bosnia and Herzegovina', 'BIH', 70, 'f'),

    (28, 'BW', 'Botswana', 'BWA', 72, 'f'),

    (29, 'BV', 'Bouvet Island', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (30, 'BR', 'Brazil', 'BRA', 76, 'f'),

    (31, 'IO', 'British Indian Ocean Territory', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (32, 'BN', 'Brunei Darussalam', 'BRN', 96, 'f'),

    (33, 'BG', 'Bulgaria', 'BGR', 100, 'f'),

    (34, 'BF', 'Burkina Faso', 'BFA', 854, 'f'),

    (35, 'BI', 'Burundi', 'BDI', 108, 'f'),

    (36, 'KH', 'Cambodia', 'KHM', 116, 'f'),

    (37, 'CM', 'Cameroon', 'CMR', 120, 'f'),

    (38, 'CA', 'Canada', 'CAN', 124, 'f'),

    (39, 'CV', 'Cape Verde', 'CPV', 132, 'f'),

    (40, 'KY', 'Cayman Islands', 'CYM', 136, 'f'),

    (41, 'CF', 'Central African Republic', 'CAF', 140, 'f'),

    (42, 'TD', 'Chad', 'TCD', 148, 'f'),

    (43, 'CL', 'Chile', 'CHL', 152, 'f'),

    (44, 'CN', 'China', 'CHN', 156, 'f'),

    (45, 'CX', 'Christmas Island', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (46, 'CC', 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (47, 'CO', 'Colombia', 'COL', 170, 'f'),

    (48, 'KM', 'Comoros', 'COM', 174, 'f'),

    (49, 'CG', 'Congo', 'COG', 178, 'f'),

    (50, 'CD', 'Congo, the Democratic Republic of the', 'COD', 180, 'f'),

    (51, 'CK', 'Cook Islands', 'COK', 184, 'f'),

    (52, 'CR', 'Costa Rica', 'CRI', 188, 'f'),

    (53, 'CI', 'Cote D''Ivoire', 'CIV', 384, 'f'),

    (54, 'HR', 'Croatia', 'HRV', 191, 'f'),

    (55, 'CU', 'Cuba', 'CUB', 192, 'f'),

    (56, 'CY', 'Cyprus', 'CYP', 196, 'f'),

    (57, 'CZ', 'Czech Republic', 'CZE', 203, 'f'),

    (58, 'DK', 'Denmark', 'DNK', 208, 'f'),

    (59, 'DJ', 'Djibouti', 'DJI', 262, 'f'),

    (60, 'DM', 'Dominica', 'DMA', 212, 'f'),

    (61, 'DO', 'Dominican Republic', 'DOM', 214, 'f'),

    (62, 'EC', 'Ecuador', 'ECU', 218, 'f'),

    (63, 'EG', 'Egypt', 'EGY', 818, 'f'),

    (64, 'SV', 'El Salvador', 'SLV', 222, 'f'),

    (65, 'GQ', 'Equatorial Guinea', 'GNQ', 226, 'f'),

    (66, 'ER', 'Eritrea', 'ERI', 232, 'f'),

    (67, 'EE', 'Estonia', 'EST', 233, 'f'),

    (68, 'ET', 'Ethiopia', 'ETH', 231, 'f'),

    (69, 'FK', 'Falkland Islands (Malvinas)', 'FLK', 238, 'f'),

    (70, 'FO', 'Faroe Islands', 'FRO', 234, 'f'),

    (71, 'FJ', 'Fiji', 'FJI', 242, 'f'),

    (72, 'FI', 'Finland', 'FIN', 246, 'f'),

    (73, 'FR', 'France', 'FRA', 250, 'f'),

    (74, 'GF', 'French Guiana', 'GUF', 254, 'f'),

    (75, 'PF', 'French Polynesia', 'PYF', 258, 'f'),

    (76, 'TF', 'French Southern Territories', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (77, 'GA', 'Gabon', 'GAB', 266, 'f'),

    (78, 'GM', 'Gambia', 'GMB', 270, 'f'),

    (79, 'GE', 'Georgia', 'GEO', 268, 'f'),

    (80, 'DE', 'Germany', 'DEU', 276, 'f'),

    (81, 'GH', 'Ghana', 'GHA', 288, 'f'),

    (82, 'GI', 'Gibraltar', 'GIB', 292, 'f'),

    (83, 'GR', 'Greece', 'GRC', 300, 'f'),

    (84, 'GL', 'Greenland', 'GRL', 304, 'f'),

    (85, 'GD', 'Grenada', 'GRD', 308, 'f'),

    (86, 'GP', 'Guadeloupe', 'GLP', 312, 'f'),

    (87, 'GU', 'Guam', 'GUM', 316, 'f'),

    (88, 'GT', 'Guatemala', 'GTM', 320, 'f'),

    (89, 'GN', 'Guinea', 'GIN', 324, 'f'),

    (90, 'GW', 'Guinea-Bissau', 'GNB', 624, 'f'),

    (91, 'GY', 'Guyana', 'GUY', 328, 'f'),

    (92, 'HT', 'Haiti', 'HTI', 332, 'f'),

    (93, 'HM', 'Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (94, 'VA', 'Vatican City State', 'VAT', 336, 'f'),

    (95, 'HN', 'Honduras', 'HND', 340, 'f'),

    (96, 'HK', 'Hong Kong', 'HKG', 344, 'f'),

    (97, 'HU', 'Hungary', 'HUN', 348, 'f'),

    (98, 'IS', 'Iceland', 'ISL', 352, 'f'),

    (99, 'IN', 'India', 'IND', 356, 'f'),

    (100, 'ID', 'Indonesia', 'IDN', 360, 'f'),

    (101, 'IR', 'Iran', 'IRN', 364, 'f'),

    (102, 'IQ', 'Iraq', 'IRQ', 368, 'f'),

    (103, 'IE', 'Ireland', 'IRL', 372, 'f'),

    (104, 'IL', 'Israel', 'ISR', 376, 'f'),

    (105, 'IT', 'Italy', 'ITA', 380, 'f'),

    (106, 'JM', 'Jamaica', 'JAM', 388, 'f'),

    (107, 'JP', 'Japan', 'JPN', 392, 'f'),

    (108, 'JO', 'Jordan', 'JOR', 400, 'f'),

    (109, 'KZ', 'Kazakhstan', 'KAZ', 398, 'f'),

    (110, 'KE', 'Kenya', 'KEN', 404, 'f'),

    (111, 'KI', 'Kiribati', 'KIR', 296, 'f'),

    (112, 'KP', 'North Korea', 'PRK', 408, 'f'),

    (113, 'KR', 'South Korea', 'KOR', 410, 'f'),

    (114, 'KW', 'Kuwait', 'KWT', 414, 'f'),

    (115, 'KG', 'Kyrgyzstan', 'KGZ', 417, 'f'),

    (116, 'LA', 'Lao People''s Democratic Republic', 'LAO', 418, 'f'),

    (117, 'LV', 'Latvia', 'LVA', 428, 'f'),

    (118, 'LB', 'Lebanon', 'LBN', 422, 'f'),

    (119, 'LS', 'Lesotho', 'LSO', 426, 'f'),

    (120, 'LR', 'Liberia', 'LBR', 430, 'f'),

    (121, 'LY', 'Libyan Arab Jamahiriya', 'LBY', 434, 'f'),

    (122, 'LI', 'Liechtenstein', 'LIE', 438, 'f'),

    (123, 'LT', 'Lithuania', 'LTU', 440, 'f'),

    (124, 'LU', 'Luxembourg', 'LUX', 442, 'f'),

    (125, 'MO', 'Macao', 'MAC', 446, 'f'),

    (126, 'MK', 'Macedonia', 'MKD', 807, 'f'),

    (127, 'MG', 'Madagascar', 'MDG', 450, 'f'),

    (128, 'MW', 'Malawi', 'MWI', 454, 'f'),

    (129, 'MY', 'Malaysia', 'MYS', 458, 'f'),

    (130, 'MV', 'Maldives', 'MDV', 462, 'f'),

    (131, 'ML', 'Mali', 'MLI', 466, 'f'),

    (132, 'MT', 'Malta', 'MLT', 470, 'f'),

    (133, 'MH', 'Marshall Islands', 'MHL', 584, 'f'),

    (134, 'MQ', 'Martinique', 'MTQ', 474, 'f'),

    (135, 'MR', 'Mauritania', 'MRT', 478, 'f'),

    (136, 'MU', 'Mauritius', 'MUS', 480, 'f'),

    (137, 'YT', 'Mayotte', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (138, 'MX', 'Mexico', 'MEX', 484, 'f'),

    (139, 'FM', 'Micronesia, Federated States of', 'FSM', 583, 'f'),

    (140, 'MD', 'Moldova, Republic of', 'MDA', 498, 'f'),

    (141, 'MC', 'Monaco', 'MCO', 492, 'f'),

    (142, 'MN', 'Mongolia', 'MNG', 496, 'f'),

    (143, 'MS', 'Montserrat', 'MSR', 500, 'f'),

    (144, 'MA', 'Morocco', 'MAR', 504, 'f'),

    (145, 'MZ', 'Mozambique', 'MOZ', 508, 'f'),

    (146, 'MM', 'Myanmar', 'MMR', 104, 'f'),

    (147, 'NA', 'Namibia', 'NAM', 516, 'f'),

    (148, 'NR', 'Nauru', 'NRU', 520, 'f'),

    (149, 'NP', 'Nepal', 'NPL', 524, 'f'),

    (150, 'NL', 'Netherlands', 'NLD', 528, 'f'),

    (151, 'AN', 'Netherlands Antilles', 'ANT', 530, 'f'),

    (152, 'NC', 'New Caledonia', 'NCL', 540, 'f'),

    (153, 'NZ', 'New Zealand', 'NZL', 554, 'f'),

    (154, 'NI', 'Nicaragua', 'NIC', 558, 'f'),

    (155, 'NE', 'Niger', 'NER', 562, 'f'),

    (156, 'NG', 'Nigeria', 'NGA', 566, 'f'),

    (157, 'NU', 'Niue', 'NIU', 570, 'f'),

    (158, 'NF', 'Norfolk Island', 'NFK', 574, 'f'),

    (159, 'MP', 'Northern Mariana Islands', 'MNP', 580, 'f'),

    (160, 'NO', 'Norway', 'NOR', 578, 'f'),

    (161, 'OM', 'Oman', 'OMN', 512, 'f'),

    (162, 'PK', 'Pakistan', 'PAK', 586, 'f'),

    (163, 'PW', 'Palau', 'PLW', 585, 'f'),

    (164, 'PS', 'Palestinian Territory, Occupied', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (165, 'PA', 'Panama', 'PAN', 591, 'f'),

    (166, 'PG', 'Papua New Guinea', 'PNG', 598, 'f'),

    (167, 'PY', 'Paraguay', 'PRY', 600, 'f'),

    (168, 'PE', 'Peru', 'PER', 604, 'f'),

    (169, 'PH', 'Philippines', 'PHL', 608, 'f'),

    (170, 'PN', 'Pitcairn', 'PCN', 612, 'f'),

    (171, 'PL', 'Poland', 'POL', 616, 'f'),

    (172, 'PT', 'Portugal', 'PRT', 620, 'f'),

    (173, 'PR', 'Puerto Rico', 'PRI', 630, 'f'),

    (174, 'QA', 'Qatar', 'QAT', 634, 'f'),

    (175, 'RE', 'Reunion', 'REU', 638, 'f'),

    (176, 'RO', 'Romania', 'ROM', 642, 'f'),

    (177, 'RU', 'Russian Federation', 'RUS', 643, 'f'),

    (178, 'RW', 'Rwanda', 'RWA', 646, 'f'),

    (179, 'SH', 'Saint Helena', 'SHN', 654, 'f'),

    (180, 'KN', 'Saint Kitts and Nevis', 'KNA', 659, 'f'),

    (181, 'LC', 'Saint Lucia', 'LCA', 662, 'f'),

    (182, 'PM', 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon', 'SPM', 666, 'f'),

    (183, 'VC', 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines', 'VCT', 670, 'f'),

    (184, 'WS', 'Samoa', 'WSM', 882, 'f'),

    (185, 'SM', 'San Marino', 'SMR', 674, 'f'),

    (186, 'ST', 'Sao Tome and Principe', 'STP', 678, 'f'),

    (187, 'SA', 'Saudi Arabia', 'SAU', 682, 'f'),

    (188, 'SN', 'Senegal', 'SEN', 686, 'f'),

    (189, 'CS', 'Serbia and Montenegro', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (190, 'SC', 'Seychelles', 'SYC', 690, 'f'),

    (191, 'SL', 'Sierra Leone', 'SLE', 694, 'f'),

    (192, 'SG', 'Singapore', 'SGP', 702, 'f'),

    (193, 'SK', 'Slovakia', 'SVK', 703, 'f'),

    (194, 'SI', 'Slovenia', 'SVN', 705, 'f'),

    (195, 'SB', 'Solomon Islands', 'SLB', 90, 'f'),

    (196, 'SO', 'Somalia', 'SOM', 706, 'f'),

    (197, 'ZA', 'South Africa', 'ZAF', 710, 'f'),

    (198, 'GS', 'South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (199, 'ES', 'Spain', 'ESP', 724, 'f'),

    (200, 'LK', 'Sri Lanka', 'LKA', 144, 'f'),

    (201, 'SD', 'Sudan', 'SDN', 736, 'f'),

    (202, 'SR', 'Suriname', 'SUR', 740, 'f'),

    (203, 'SJ', 'Svalbard and Jan Mayen', 'SJM', 744, 'f'),

    (204, 'SZ', 'Swaziland', 'SWZ', 748, 'f'),

    (205, 'SE', 'Sweden', 'SWE', 752, 'f'),

    (206, 'CH', 'Switzerland', 'CHE', 756, 'f'),

    (207, 'SY', 'Syrian Arab Republic', 'SYR', 760, 'f'),

    (208, 'TW', 'Taiwan, Province of China', 'TWN', 158, 'f'),

    (209, 'TJ', 'Tajikistan', 'TJK', 762, 'f'),

    (210, 'TZ', 'Tanzania, United Republic of', 'TZA', 834, 'f'),

    (211, 'TH', 'Thailand', 'THA', 764, 'f'),

    (212, 'TL', 'Timor-Leste', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (213, 'TG', 'Togo', 'TGO', 768, 'f'),

    (214, 'TK', 'Tokelau', 'TKL', 772, 'f'),

    (215, 'TO', 'Tonga', 'TON', 776, 'f'),

    (216, 'TT', 'Trinidad and Tobago', 'TTO', 780, 'f'),

    (217, 'TN', 'Tunisia', 'TUN', 788, 'f'),

    (218, 'TR', 'Turkey', 'TUR', 792, 'f'),

    (219, 'TM', 'Turkmenistan', 'TKM', 795, 'f'),

    (220, 'TC', 'Turks and Caicos Islands', 'TCA', 796, 'f'),

    (221, 'TV', 'Tuvalu', 'TUV', 798, 'f'),

    (222, 'UG', 'Uganda', 'UGA', 800, 'f'),

    (223, 'UA', 'Ukraine', 'UKR', 804, 'f'),

    (224, 'AE', 'United Arab Emirates', 'ARE', 784, 'f'),

    (225, 'GB', 'United Kingdom', 'GBR', 826, 'f'),

    (226, 'US', 'United States', 'USA', 840, 'f'),

    (227, 'UM', 'United States Minor Outlying Islands', NULL, NULL, 'f'),

    (228, 'UY', 'Uruguay', 'URY', 858, 'f'),

    (229, 'UZ', 'Uzbekistan', 'UZB', 860, 'f'),

    (230, 'VU', 'Vanuatu', 'VUT', 548, 'f'),

    (231, 'VE', 'Venezuela', 'VEN', 862, 'f'),

    (232, 'VN', 'Viet Nam', 'VNM', 704, 'f'),

    (233, 'VG', 'Virgin Islands, British', 'VGB', 92, 'f'),

    (234, 'VI', 'Virgin Islands, U.S.', 'VIR', 850, 'f'),

    (235, 'WF', 'Wallis and Futuna', 'WLF', 876, 'f'),

    (236, 'EH', 'Western Sahara', 'ESH', 732, 'f'),

    (237, 'YE', 'Yemen', 'YEM', 887, 'f'),

    (238, 'ZM', 'Zambia', 'ZMB', 894, 'f'),

    (239, 'ZW', 'Zimbabwe', 'ZWE', 716, 'f');

I would like to run the file by using the docker run command, on a container that is running postgres.

I've tried something like this:

docker run -e domain="192.168.99.100" pg /bin/bash -c "psql -d whiteboard_api -a -f inserts_into_countries_table.sql"

psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused

    Is the server running locally and accepting

    connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

you can see my image is pg:

capistrano:whiteboard_v2 jzollars$ docker ps

CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                    NAMES

6b500bec9210        bbb                 "/usr/bin/supervisord"   4 weeks ago         Up 4 weeks          0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp       distracted_raman

c1e88f2695f5        wh                  "/usr/bin/supervisord"   4 weeks ago         Up 4 weeks          0.0.0.0:3000->3000/tcp   high_einstein

7e383e99bdc3        pg                  "/usr/lib/postgresql/"   4 weeks ago         Up 4 weeks          0.0.0.0:5432->5432/tcp   pg_test

How can I load this file and run it in a docker container using docker run?

to execute commands against a running container use docker exec.

to copy a file (ex: dump.sql) into a container, use docker cp

So your approach might look something like this:

docker cp ./dump.sql pg_test:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/dump.sql

docker exec -u postgres pg_test psql postgres postgres -f docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/dump.sql

here it is in generic form:

docker cp ./localfile.sql containername:/container/path/file.sql

docker exec containername -u postgresuser psql dbname postgresuser -f /container/path/file.sql

And note that if you need to seed your database every time it is run, the folder /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/ does have special significance, if you're using the offical postgres image

With the official Docker image of PostgreSQL, code_monk's answer does not work for me.
I arrive to this solution:

docker exec -it <container-name> psql -U <DB_USER> -d <DB_NAME> -f /file.sql