Edit docker container files from host
create dedit.sh in host
sh
#!/bin/bash
IFS=$'\n\t'
set -euox pipefail
CNAME="$1"
FILE_PATH="$2"
FILE_NAME="$(basename "$FILE_PATH")"
TMPFILE="$(mktemp --suffix=_$FILE_NAME)"
docker exec "$CNAME" cat "$FILE_PATH" > "$TMPFILE"
$EDITOR "$TMPFILE"
cat "$TMPFILE" | docker exec -i "$CNAME" sh -c 'cat > '"$FILE_PATH"
rm "$TMPFILE"
Usage
sh
export EDITOR=vim
sh dedit.sh 70223187131b /app/main.py