How to Edit file content in docker container without installing any editor
In Docker, there's not any default editor. We can edit files by installing any editor manually for example: vim, gedit etc.
However if we want to change very minute things in files or if we don't want to install any editor we can do this by following below steps:
In your command line Run:
docker cp containername:/your/file.ext .
However if we want to change very minute things in files or if we don't want to install any editor we can do this by following below steps:
In your command line Run:
docker cp containername:/your/file.ext .
. represents destination path.
This will copy your file to your local machine where you can edit it with your favourite editor.
Then run,
docker cp file.ext containername:/your/file.ext
It will replace your old file on container with edited local file.
This will copy your file to your local machine where you can edit it with your favourite editor.
Then run,
docker cp file.ext containername:/your/file.ext
It will replace your old file on container with edited local file.
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