@nerdo/dex

A commmand line utility that finds a running docker container with the closest matching name and executes a command on it.

Installation

npm i -g @nerdo/dex

Usage

dex <container name> [command]

<container name> can be the partial name of a container and is required.

[command] is optional, but defaults to /bin/bash. It can consist of a command with any number of arguments, e.g. dex some-container ls -al.