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Created April 7, 2018 10:58
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Execute bash shell from a running docker container
$docker container ls
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
7fe71e1c7bdd redis "docker-entrypoint.s…" 9 seconds ago Up 21 seconds 6379/tcp unruffled_khorana
ad8a33ce3b2b nginx "nginx -g 'daemon of…" 14 minutes ago Up 14 minutes 80/tcp vigorous_meninsky
$docker exec -it 7fe /bin/bash
or
$docker exec -it $(docker ps | awk 'FNR == 2 { print $1; }') /bin/bash
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