Add `devcontainer shell` subcommand to get POSIX shell in devcontainers.

[coillteoir]

Hi folks, would it be possible to get a devcontainer shell command added, which allows CLI users to get a shell in the project's devcontainer?

Similar examples would be doing a podman exec -it <container> bash, or nix develop for nix flakes.

[sireeshajonnalagadda]

Hi @coillteoir ,
Thank you for reaching out!
We do have a similar command for devcontainer as well to execute into the container.
devcontainer exec --container-id [container-id] bash

Refer this page

Try this and please do let me know in case if you have any further concerns.

[sireeshajonnalagadda]

Thanks @coillteoir for raising this request. Since we’ve clarified that the devcontainer exec --container-id [container-id] bash command provides the functionality you were looking for, I’ll go ahead and close this issue. Please feel free to reopen it if you have any further questions or need additional support.

[coillteoir]

Thank you for clearing this up. Have a good day!