docker run helper

Tue, Jan 24, 2023 One-minute read

docker run helper

I get tired of running docker run --rm -it <image>:<tag> sh

PROGNAME="dockerr"

usage="${PROGNAME} <image> [-h] [-t] [-c] -- docker run helper 

where:
  -h, --help          Show this help text
  -t, --tag           Image tag to use (default: latest)
  -c, --command       Command to execute when container runs (default: none)
      --entrypoint    Override containers entrypoint. This is mutually exclusive with
      --command and will remove it if applied

examples:
  ${PROGNAME} python
  ${PROGNAME} python -t buster -c bash
  ${PROGNAME} hashicorp/vault -t dev --entrypoint sh

tag=latest executable="" entrypoint=""

if [[ ${i} != -* ]] then image="${i}" fi

if [ “$#” -ne 0 ]; then while [ “$#” -gt 0 ]; then do case “$i” in -h|–help) usage ;; -t|–tag) tag="$2" ;; -c|–command) executable="$2" ;; –entrypoint) entrypoint="–entrypoint $2" executable="" ;; –) break ;; -*) echo “Invalid option ‘$1’. Use –help to see arguments” >&2 exit 1 ;; *) ;; esac shift done else echo “$usage” exit 1 fi

echo “running: docker run –rm -it $entrypoint $image:$tag $executable” docker run –rm -it $entrypoint $image:$tag $executable


This saves me a lot of needless typing. It doesn't handle <image>:<tag> 
but that can be achieved. This works good enough.

Tags:

    #bash #docker