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Proposal: --env for docker exec #14036

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@csabapalfi

Setting environment variables with docker exec currently requires a shell and a bit of extra code:
docker exec 123abc /bin/sh -c 'export ONE=1; echo $ONE'

Wouldn't it be nice if could just do this?
docker exec -e ONE=1 123abc echo $ONE

Happy to contribute this and it looks quite straightforward to implement. Asked about this on IRC, too. What do you think?

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