From 90bf62ca6eee9e046f22f86a0681ce56930dbb58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Reitz <56021599+FabianReitz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 08:38:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Updated `README.md` (#418)

Added instruction on how to execute CLI commands while using the Docker Container.
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 README.md | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3c698ca..1a0533de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,7 +84,21 @@ Read about running EmailEngine as a SystemD service [here](https://emailengine.a
 
 ![Docker Image Size (tag)](https://img.shields.io/docker/image-size/postalsys/emailengine/v2?label=Docker%20image%20size)
 
-See the documentation for using EmailEngine with Docker [here](https://emailengine.app/docker).
+To execute EmailEngine-CLI commands while using the Docker Container, you can use the following approach:
+
+1. Exec into the Docker Container:
+
+```
+$ docker exec -it <container-id> /bin/sh
+```
+
+2. Run the command by executing the `./bin/emailengine.js` file with node:
+
+```
+$ node bin/emailengine.js <command>
+```
+
+See the full documentation for using EmailEngine with Docker [here](https://emailengine.app/docker).
 
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