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 ## Authors
 
 - Maximilian Gruber
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+## Useful commands
+
+interactive shell inside running container:
+`docker exec -it cocalibration_networking_layer-backend-1 /bin/bash`
+
+copy files from container to host:
+`docker cp cocalibration_networking_layer-backend-1:/code/sql_app.db ~/Desktop/inspection/data`