Enabling command prompt inside a Container

To run another command inside a container you use docker exec every time but by enabling shell or terminal access in the container you won’t have to use this again.

Here is the docker command which you use to enable shell access inside a container:

$ docker exec -it <container ID> sh

where exec is used to run another command, -it is input flag, and sh is shell enablement

Below image shows you the example:

you can see shell access is enabled for container. “ls” lists the directory folders inside the container, echo command prints
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