Run a shell command inside an E2B sandbox and capture its output
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Documented steps
Install the core SDK: 'pip install e2b'.
Set E2B_API_KEY; create a sandbox: 'from e2b import Sandbox; with Sandbox.create() as sandbox: ...'.
Run a foreground command: 'result = sandbox.commands.run("echo hello")'.
Read captured output from result.stdout (stdout) and result.stderr (stderr); the command runs as the 'user' user in the home dir by default.
Tune with parameters: background (True/False), cwd, user, envs, and timeout (seconds).
Known gotchas
A foreground command (background=False, the default) blocks until it finishes; use background=True with a returned CommandHandle for long-running processes.
The command timeout defaults to 60s; pass timeout=0 to disable the command connection time limit (useful for very long jobs).
Network access is allowed by default (allow_internet_access=True), so apt-get/pip/curl work unless you disable it at create time.
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