diff --git a/update-containers.sh b/update-containers.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/update-containers.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+exec_update() {
+	docker-compose build --pull
+	docker-compose pull
+	docker-compose up -d
+}
+
+exec_stop() {
+	docker-compose stop
+}
+
+exec_start() {
+	docker-compose up -d
+}
+
+is_service() {
+	[[ "$(ls $1/docker-compose.yml)" ]]
+}
+get_all_services() {
+	echo $(find . -maxdepth 2 -name docker-compose.yml | while read line; do echo $(dirname $line | sed 's:^./::'); done)
+}
+
+#set default function
+declare -A list
+func=exec_update
+
+declare -i count=0
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+	list[$func]+=$(get_all_services)
+fi
+
+while [[ "$1" ]]; do
+
+	case $1 in
+		start)
+			func=exec_start
+			if [[ -z "$2" && $count == 0 ]]; then
+				list[$func]+=$(get_all_services)
+			fi
+			;;
+		stop)
+			func=exec_stop
+			if [[ -z "$2" && $count == 0 ]]; then
+				list[$func]+=$(get_all_services)
+			fi
+			;;
+		update)
+			func=exec_update
+			if [[ -z "$2" && $count == 0 ]]; then
+				list[$func]+=$(get_all_services)
+			fi
+			;;
+		*)
+			if is_service $1; then
+				list[$func]+="$1 "
+			else
+				echo Error: $1 is not recognized as a service or command
+			fi
+			;;
+	esac
+	shift
+	count+=1
+done
+
+declare -i count=0
+if [[ ${list[exec_update]} ]]; then
+	echo To update: ${list[exec_update]}
+	count+=$(echo ${list[exec_update]} | wc -w)
+fi
+if [[ ${list[exec_start]} ]]; then
+	echo To start: ${list[exec_start]}
+	count+=$(echo ${list[exec_start]} | wc -w)
+fi
+if [[ ${list[exec_stop]} ]]; then
+	echo To stop: ${list[exec_stop]}
+	count+=$(echo ${list[exec_stop]} | wc -w)
+fi
+if [[ $count == 0 ]]; then
+	echo Nothing to do
+else
+	echo $count operations to run
+fi
+
+for func in ${!list[@]}; do
+	for service in ${list[$func]}; do
+		pushd $service >/dev/null
+		echo
+		echo "#######" $(basename $PWD) do $func
+		$func
+		popd >/dev/null
+	done
+done
+
+if [[ "${list[exec_update]}" ]]; then
+	docker image prune -f
+fi