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simplify your "docker exec" with a "dexec" shell script
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_instructions.md

to use this script,

copy it to /usr/local/bin/

then in a folder where you are working on an app hosted in docker, add the name of your docker container to a .dockername file

echo my-container-name >> .dockername

now you can

dexec ps

to run ps (or any other command) inside of your docker container

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#! /bin/sh
docker exec -it $(cat .dockername) "$@"
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