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a script for doing an annoying job - removing unused docker containers
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# ! /bin/bash | |
if [ $# -eq 0 ] | |
then | |
echo "the docker target is not provided, aborting..." | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
target=$1 | |
echo "starting looking up for docker containers of target $target" | |
containers_found=$(docker ps -a | grep $target | grep Exited | awk '{print $1}') | |
for container_id in $containers_found | |
do | |
docker rm $container_id | |
done | |
echo "no docker containers need to remove, stopping..." |
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Apparently, I recently realized that the
docker run
cmd could be used with--rm
flag which removes the container once it gets stopped.So this script is useless :))