# Execute Scripts on Running p4App **URL:** \ **Category:** Getting Started with P4\ **Created:** [January 22, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.p4.org/t/execute-scripts-on-running-p4app/613 "2023-01-22T01:05:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![christnp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@christnp](https://forum.p4.org/u/christnp)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.p4.org/t/execute-scripts-on-running-p4app/613/1 "2023-01-22T01:05:21Z")
Good Evening, I’d like to have a couple of terminals open and execute scripts on an existing p4App container. This can be either two remote terminals (SSH) or using the `exec` command. I’ve tried the guidance in the README (e.g., sudo p4app exec m h1 ) which seems to work with build in commands. For example, `sudo p4app exec m h1 ifconfig` shows me the network config for `h1` as expected. However, I am unable to run my custom scripts using this method. For example, `sudo p4app exec m h1 ./recv` returns the error `./recv: No such file or directory`. Is there a way to achieve my desired environment? R/ ---
**Author:** ![tmp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tmp](https://forum.p4.org/u/tmp)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.p4.org/t/execute-scripts-on-running-p4app/613/2 "2023-01-25T19:34:49Z")
```auto pidh1=$(ps aux | grep mininet:h1 | awk '{print $2}') sudo mnexec -a $pidh1 ./recv ``` ---
**Author:** ![christnp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@christnp](https://forum.p4.org/u/christnp)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.p4.org/t/execute-scripts-on-running-p4app/613/3 "2023-02-01T20:54:09Z")
Thank you, I appreciate the reply. How would I translate this to the p4App? There is the `p4App exec` but it seems to not allow for PID handles.