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Get the container name from a compose file
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docker-container-name.sh
# Suppose there is service defined in the docker-compose.yml file
# named `mysql` but it does not have `container_name` defined so
# we don't know what the container name is right now
CONTAINER_NAME=$(docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml ps | grep mysql | awk '{ print $1 }')
echo "Restarting mysql container"
docker stop $CONTAINER_NAME
docker start $CONTAINER_NAME
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