CLI Machines Docker Shell

ed machines docker shell

Opens an interactive shell in a container on a configured machine.

ed machines docker shell <machine> <container>

Argument	Meaning	Required	Notes
<machine>	machine name, SSH alias or id	yes	Must resolve to exactly one configured machine.
<container>	container name or id	yes	Passed to Docker as one quoted argument.

The command checks that the machine is reachable and Docker is usable, then starts an interactive SSH terminal attached to the container. It uses the exact shell selection used by the Docker window: bash when present, otherwise sh. The SSH process owns stdin, stdout and stderr until the shell exits.

There is no --json because the result is an interactive terminal. The command does not use the remembered working directory from ed machines exec, since the shell starts inside the container. Its exit status is the SSH process exit status. An unknown machine exits 3, and an unreachable machine or unavailable Docker daemon exits 4.

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