If you want to edit a file inside a docker container, you can follow these steps:
1. Find the id of the container
To find the id of the running container, you can use the following command:
docker container ls
The container id look something like this 8662ea2fa000
2. Launch the shell inside the container
To launch the shell inside the container, use the following command
docker exec -u 0 -it 8662ea2fa000 /bin/bash
3. Edit the file
Now that you have access to containers shell, you can install your favorite editor and start editing.
To install nano editor, run the following command:
apt update
apt install nano
Then you can start editing like this:
nano /path/to/file
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