Add --clear flag to docker logs command
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Description
Description
Problem
Docker logs can grow very large, making it hard to view recent entries without scrolling.
Solution
Add a --clear flag to docker logs that:
- Prompts for confirmation and truncates log files for stopped containers (permanent, requires root).
Use Cases
- Quick viewing of logs without old output cluttering the screen.
- Managing large log files on disk.
Implementation
- Log truncation uses
os.Truncatewith root check. - Includes unit tests.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the docker logs command and its existing unit tests; trace how logs for stopped containers are handled. Verify the confirmation prompt, root requirement, and os.Truncate behavior, then add unit tests covering --clear and log truncation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100