rameshi47 / docker-

Docker-copy

docker cp [OPTIONS] CONTAINER:SRC_PATH DEST_PATH docker cp [OPTIONS] SRC_PATH CONTAINER:DEST_PATH

docker cp mycontainer:/app/file.txt /home/user/

docker cp mycontainer:/app/data /home/user/

docker cp /home/user/data mycontainer:/app/

Docker-exec

how to find out a file or folder inside a container

docker exec <container_name_or_id> sh -c "ls /path/to/folder" docker exec mycontainer sh -c "ls /path/to/folder | grep myfile.txt"

how to list the path inside the container

docker exec <container_name_or_id> sh -c "ls" docker exec mycontainer sh -c "ls /" docker exec mycontainer sh -c "ls /app"

how to edit a file in a running container using exec option

docker exec -it 57700c1c2961 sh -c "apt-get update && apt-get install -y vim" docker exec -it 57700c1c2961 vi /etc/pam.conf

docker exec -it mycontainer vi /path/to/myfile.txt docker exec -it 57700c1c2961 sh -c "which vi"