Run a one-off command or interactive console on a Fly.io machine with fly machine exec / fly console

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Documented steps

  1. List machines with `fly machine list -a <app>` and pick the target machine id.
  2. Run a non-interactive command: `fly machine exec <id> -- echo hello` (everything after -- is the command).
  3. For a shell, run `fly machine exec <id> -- sh` (or -- bash if available).
  4. Alternatively open the framework console with `fly console -a <app>` (dropped into a machine shell).
  5. Attach additional args/flags for the process after the -- separator.
  6. Docs: https://fly.io/docs/flyctl/machine/ and https://fly.io/docs/flyctl/console/

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