How do I edit a file after I shell to a Docker container?

Question

I successfully shelled to a Docker container using:

docker exec -i -t 69f1711a205e bash

Now I need to edit file and I don\'t have any edito

Answer 1

As in the comments, there's no default editor set - strange - the $EDITOR environment variable is empty. You can log in into a container with:

docker exec -it  bash

And run:

apt-get update
apt-get install vim

Or use the following Dockerfile:

FROM  confluent/postgres-bw:0.1

RUN ["apt-get", "update"]
RUN ["apt-get", "install", "-y", "vim"]

Docker images are delivered trimmed to the bare minimum - so no editor is installed with the shipped container. That's why there's a need to install it manually.

EDIT

I also encourage you read my post about the topic.