docker_stats_script.sh

#!/bin/bash

container=""
output=""

# trap ctrl-c and call ctrl_c()
trap ctrl_c INT

function ctrl_c() {
        echo "Done writing file"
        exit
}

while getopts ":c:o:" opt; do
    case $opt in
        c)
            container="$OPTARG"
            echo "Container: $container"
            ;;
        o)
            output="$OPTARG"
            echo "Output: $output"
            ;;
        \?)
            echo "wrong flag"
            exit 1
            ;;
        :)
            echo "Option -$OPTARG requires an argument."
            exit 1
            ;;
    esac
done

echo "Starting docker stats"

while true
do
    echo "`date -u` `docker stats -a --no-stream --format "{{ json . }}" $container`" >> $output
done