Docker — Docker commands
Extensions can also directly execute the docker command line.
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Extensions can also directly execute the docker command line.
▸ exec(cmd, args): Promise
The result contains both the standard output and the standard error of the executed command
In this example, the command output is JSON. For convenience, the command result object also has methods to easily parse it
result.lines(): string[] splits output lines. result.parseJsonObject(): any parses a well-formed json output. result.parseJsonLines(): any[] parses each output line as a json object.
▸ exec(cmd, args, options): void
The command above streams the output as a result of the execution of a Docker command. This is useful if you need to get the output as a stream or the output of the command is too long.
The child process created by the extension is killed (SIGTERM) automatically when you close the dashboard in Docker Desktop or when you exit the extension UI. If needed, you can also use
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