Shell Access¶
The devbox shell command provides interactive shell access to running services. It automatically detects and uses the best available shell in the container, similar to docker compose exec -it.
Note
Like other DevBox commands, this command supports automatic project detection based on your current directory. If automatic detection fails, you can specify the project name explicitly.
Usage¶
| Option | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
--name <project-name> |
no | Project name. If not specified, will be detected from Git source |
Example¶
# Access shell in a service
devbox shell service-name
# Access shell in a specific project's service
devbox --name project-name shell service-name
Shell Detection¶
DevBox tries shells in the following order:
1. /bin/zsh
2. /bin/bash
3. /bin/sh
4. /bin/ash
The first available shell in the container will be used.