daniel7grant / dx

dx: Docker eXec

dx: Docker eXec

Docker exec simplified: compatible with docker exec and defaults to the container shell if no argument given. Supports completion with own bash_completion file.

Usage

Just write dx, the name of the container and the command to run, or leave it empty to enter the shell.

[user@host] $ dx container_name cat /etc/hosts   # runs the command
[user@host] $ dx container_name                  # drops into interactive shell
[user@host] $ dx container_ubuntu                # loads bash
[user@host] $ dx container_alpine                # loads sh
[user@host] $ dx container_alpine -it /bin/bash  # supports original flags (what's the use then though?)

Installation

Clone and enter the directory and simply run make install. By default it uses /usr/local/bin and /etc/bash_completion.d as installation directories. For different installation you can use the INSTALL_LOCATION and COMPLETION_LOCATION

[user@host] $ make install                         # install to /usr/local/bin
[user@host] $ make install INSTALL_LOCATION=~/bin  # install to homedir of user

Uninstall

Similarly to uninstall, run make uninstall. Be sure to match the original locations.