WSL alias with doskey not working on Windows

Question

For some commercial reasons, I am no longer allowed to use Docker Desktop on my company's computer. However, I installed the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for using Docker commands directly within the WSL, and it's working fine when typing "wsl" on my cmd and then "docker":

It works also when typing the full command using "wsl" prefix inside my cmd, like this :

wsl /snap/bin/docker

So I tried to create an alias using DOSKEY, like this:

doskey docker=wsl /snap/bin/docker

For a more convenient use.

But when I try to execute Docker commands with my new alias, it only shows me the manual and nothing else, no matter the argument:

C:\Users\myUser>docker image ls

Usage:  docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND

A self-sufficient runtime for containers

Options: <All the options and commands available in the manual when typing "docker">

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

The solution was simple, doskey does not accept arguments ^^ So I created a .cmd script called "docker.cmd" written like this :

@echo off
wsl /snap/bin/docker %*

And then I put this file in my System32 folder (it works with any other folder in the PATH environment variable, I put it in System32 just for the test). The %* allows me to put arguments, and now my command works fine. Not really an alias, but it's doing the job.

But this script raises another problem, detailed in this question : WSL Docker with Windows : Docker Daemon not started when typing commands with custom script