Linux Tools • Docker DevTools

What does it do?#

Provides aliases for common Linux command-line utilities — linters, network tools, JSON/text processing and file sync. Like the Images and AI Tools aliases, this file is not sourced automatically — you need to add it explicitly.

Enabling it#

Bash / zsh#

source ~/.docker-devtools/docker-devtools.sh
source ~/.docker-devtools/linux/docker-linux-devtools.sh

PowerShell#

. "$HOME/.docker-devtools/docker-devtools.ps1"
. "$HOME/.docker-devtools/linux/docker-linux-devtools.ps1"

Source the root script first — docker_alias / Invoke-DockerAlias must already be defined before this file loads.

Commands#

Commands you can run to use this.

Aliases#

Alias	Tool	Image
`yamllint-docker`	yamllint — YAML linter	`cytopia/yamllint:latest`
`shellcheck-docker`	ShellCheck — shell script linter (official image)	`koalaman/shellcheck:stable`
`shfmt-docker`	shfmt (bashfmt) — shell script formatter (official image)	`mvdan/shfmt:latest`
`nmap-docker`	Nmap — network discovery and security auditing	`instrumentisto/nmap:latest`
`jq-docker`	jq — command-line JSON processor (official image)	`ghcr.io/jqlang/jq:latest`
`rg-docker`	ripgrep — fast recursive grep alternative	`alpine:latest` (installs `ripgrep` at runtime)
`tmux-docker`	tmux — terminal multiplexer	`alpine:latest` (installs `tmux` at runtime)
`fd-docker`	fd — fast, user-friendly alternative to `find`	`alpine:latest` (installs `fd` at runtime)
`rsync-docker`	rsync — fast incremental file transfer/sync	`instrumentisto/rsync-ssh:latest`
`rclone-docker`	rclone — sync/manage files across cloud storage providers (official image)	`rclone/rclone:latest`
`watchdog-docker`	watchdog’s `watchmedo` — run commands on filesystem changes	`python:3.13-slim` (installs `watchdog` at runtime)
`hadolint-docker`	hadolint — Dockerfile linter (official image)	`hadolint/hadolint:latest`
`markdownlint-docker`	markdownlint-cli — Markdown linter (community image)	`igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli:latest`

Note: rg-docker, tmux-docker, fd-docker, and watchdog-docker have no official pre-built image, so they install the package into a fresh container on every run (a few extra seconds per invocation).

Usage#

# Lint a YAML file
yamllint-docker config.yml

# Lint and format a shell script
shellcheck-docker script.sh
shfmt-docker -l -w script.sh

# Scan a host
nmap-docker -A -T4 scanme.nmap.org

# Query JSON
jq-docker '.' data.json

# Search recursively for a pattern
rg-docker "TODO"

# Sync files
rsync-docker -av src/ dest/
rclone-docker ls remote:bucket

The Sources#

GitHub: https://github.com/willhallonline/docker-devtools-aliases