get into the first pod of a type

gistfile1.txt

# fish version
set -gx POD_NAME (kubectl get pods -n <namespace> --output json | jq -r -c '.items[].metadata | select(.name | contains("some name"))'.name | grep -v "excluded value" | grep -m 1 "some name")
kubectl exec -it {$POD_NAME} -n <namespace> -- /bin/bash

# for celery but not celery beat
set -gx POD_NAME (kubectl get pods -n backend-dev --output json | jq -r -c '.items[].metadata | select(.name | contains("celery"))'.name | grep -v "beat" | grep -m 1 "celery")

# bash version
POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -n backend-dev --output json | jq -r -c '.items[].metadata | select(.name | contains("celery"))'.name | grep -v "beat" | grep -m 1 "celery")
kubectl exec -it -n backend-dev ${POD_NAME} -- /bin/bash