dockerenter Help file

Purpose

dockerenter allows to open a bash shell (or other command) in a docker container without having to run first

docker ps

and then

docker exec -it <container id> /bin/bash

Use

dockerenter <containername> [command]

For example :

me@myserver:~/$ dockerenter mycontainer
Entering a60ce5779859 in -w /usr/scripts ...
containeruser@mycontainer:/usr/scripts$ ▓

And you can use autocompletion based on the container names in docker ps!

Installation

System wide

In this folder run :

   sudo cp dockerenter /usr/local/bin/
   sudo cp bash_completion /etc/bash_completion.d/dockerenter

and reopen terminal or simply reload bash auto-completion:

   . /etc/bash_completion

Single user

   mkdir -p ~/bin
   cp dockerenter ~/bin/

And if ~/bin isn't yet in your path :

   echo "PATH=~/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc

Finally add completion :

   cat bash_completion >> ~/.bash_completion

Customization

You can additionally set an initial working directory when opening the container. To this effect, you can copy the example in the dockerenter file.