Introduction to dcli that is cli for Docker.

Enes Usta — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 13:32:51 +0000

dcli is cli for Docker.

Main goal of dcli is to simplify routine. dcli do this with autocomplete.

Github Repository: https://github.com/enesusta/dcli

dcli
- Installation
- Commands
- default
  - -c
  - -i
  - -v
- start
  - start all
- stop
  - stop all
- rm
  - rm force
- rmi
  - rmi -f
- inspect
  - inspect only IPAddress
- dump

Installation

npm i @enesusta/dcli -g

Note: Make sure that variables like grep, docker, sh are defined on your $PATH variable. Otherwise it may not work.

Commands

default

default command has three options.

-c

Lists only containers

dcli -c

-i

Lists only images

dcli -i

-v

Lists only volumes

dcli -v

start

Starts a container that you already have.
start command has 1 option.

dcli start

start all

Starts whole containers that you already have.

dcli start --all

stop

Stops a container that you already have.

dcli stop

stop all

Stops whole containers that you already have.

dcli stop --all

rm

Removes a container that you already have.
rm command has 1 option

dcli rm

rm force

Removes a contaniner that is running

dcli rm -f

dcli rm --force

rmi

Removes a image that you already have.

dcli rmi

rmi -f

inspect

Inspects a container that you already have.

inspect command has 1 option.

dcli inspect

inspect only IPAddress

This option uses grep via unix pipes.

dcli inspect -h

-h means host.

dump

dcli can even dump your database containers.

For postgre containers;

dcli dump --postgre

For mysql containers;

dcli dump --mysql

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