dockerless-fs

Explore Docker image filesystem without Docker!

Install

pip install git+https://github.com/TeemuTallskog/dockerless-fs.git
# OR
git clone https://github.com/TeemuTallskog/dockerless-fs.git
cd dockerless-fs

pip install .
# Or run straight from
python3 dockerless_fs/__main__.py /path/to/image.tar

Usage

Download a docker image tarbarll, this can be done Dockerless with for ex. skopeo

Then:

dockerless-fs /path/to/image.tar 

Then explore explore the filesystem:

/$ help
dockerless-fs available commands:
----------------------------------
- ls
- cd
- cat
- clear | cls
- help
- exit
/$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jammy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS"
/$ cd var/log
/var/log$ ls ..
backups/
cache/
lib/
local/
lock/
log/
mail/
opt/
run/
spool/
tmp/
/var/log$

Available commands

Available commands are stripped down versions of ther regular counter parts.

• ls < path >
  list files - Siple way to list files in directories.
  doesn't provide additional arguments other than path.
• cd < path >
  Change directory - hop between directories.
• cat < path >
  concatenate - read file contents to output.
• clear | cls
  clear terminal
• help
  display available commands
• exit
  exit the program

License