Command line shortcut to connect to a docker container

Question

Is there any shortcut command to connect to a docker container without running docker exec -it 'container_id' bash every time?

Answer 1

Here is a shorter command line shortcut to:

1. Check if a container is running
2. If running, connect to a running container using docker exec -it <container> bash command:

Script docker-enter:

#!/bin/bash

name="${1?needs one argument}"

containerId=$(docker ps | awk -v app="$name:" '$2 ~ app{print $1}')

if [[ -n "$containerId" ]]; then
    docker exec -it $containerId bash
else
    echo "No docker container with name: $name is running"
fi

Then run it as:

docker-enter webapp