There's a command to list images, docker images, but there doesn't seem to be a corresponding docker containers.
Other than becoming root and looking into /var/lib/docker there doesn't seem a way to do that. Am I missing something? Is that something one isn't supposed to do?
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To show only running containers use the given command:
docker ps To show all containers use the given command:
docker ps -a To show the latest created container (includes all states) use the given command:
docker ps -l To show n last created containers (includes all states) use the given command:
docker ps -n=-1 To display total file sizes use the given command:
docker ps -s The content presented above is from docker.com.
In the new version of Docker, commands are updated, and some management commands are added:
docker container ls It is used to list all the running containers.
docker container ls -a And then, if you want to clean them all,
docker rm $(docker ps -aq) It is used to list all the containers created irrespective of its state.
And to stop all the Docker containers (force)
docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q) Here the container is the management command.
5To list all running and stopped containers
docker ps -a To list all running containers (just stating the obvious and also example use of -f filtering option)
docker ps -a -f status=running To list all running and stopped containers, showing only their container id
docker ps -aq To remove all containers that are NOT running
docker rm `docker ps -aq -f status=exited` Note that some time ago there was an update to this command. It will not show the container size by default (since this is rather expensive for many running containers). Use docker ps -s to display container size as well.
docker ps -s will show the size of running containers only.
To check the size of all containers use docker ps -as
There are also the following options:
docker container ls docker container ls -a # --all, -a # Show all containers (default shows just running) since: 1.13.0 (2017-01-18):
Restructure CLI commands by adding
docker imageanddocker containercommands for more consistency #26025
and as stated here: Introducing Docker 1.13, users are encouraged to adopt the new syntax:
1CLI restructured
In Docker 1.13, we regrouped every command to sit under the logical object it’s interacting with. For example
listandstartof containers are now subcommands ofdocker containerandhistoryis a subcommand ofdocker image.These changes let us clean up the Docker CLI syntax, improve help text and make Docker simpler to use. The old command syntax is still supported, but we encourage everybody to adopt the new syntax.
To list only the containers SHA1:
docker ps -aq --no-trunc That way, you can use the list of all containers for other commands (which accept multiple container ids as parameters).
For example, to list only the name of all containers (since docker ps list only their names with other information):
docker inspect --format='{{.Name}}' $(sudo docker ps -aq --no-trunc) The Docker command set is simple and holds together well:
docker stack ls docker service ls docker image ls docker container ls Teaching the aliases first is confusing. Once you understand what's going on, they can save some keystrokes:
docker images -> docker image ls docker ps -> docker container ls docker rmi -> docker image rm docker rm -> docker container rm There are several aliases in Docker. For instance:
docker rmi docker image rm docker image rmi docker image remove are all the same command (see for your self using docker help image rm).
There are many ways to list all containers.
You can find using 3 Aliases
ls, ps, listlike this.
sudo docker container ls sudo docker container ps sudo docker container list sudo docker ps sudo docker ps -a You can also use give option[option].
Options -:
-a, --all Show all containers (default shows just running) -f, --filter filter Filter output based on conditions provided --format string Pretty-print containers using a Go template -n, --last int Show last created containers (includes all states) (default -1) -l, --latest Show the latest created container (includes all states) --no-trunc Don't truncate output -q, --quiet Only display numeric IDs -s, --size Display total file sizes You can use an option like this:
sudo docker ps //Showing only running containers sudo docker ps -a //All container (running + stopped) sudo docker pa -l // latest sudo docker ps -n <int valuse 1,2,3 etc>// latest number of created containers sudo docker ps -s // Display container with size sudo docker ps -q // Only display numeric IDs for containers docker docker ps -a | tail -n 1 //oldest container To display only running containers
docker ps
To show all containers (includes all states)
docker ps -a
To show the latest created container (includes all states)
docker ps -l
To show n last created containers (includes all states)
docker ps -n=-1
To display total file sizes
docker ps -s
In the new version of Docker, commands are updated, and some management commands are added:
docker container ls
List all the running containers.
docker container ls -a
Use docker container ls to list all running containers.
Use the flag -a to show all containers (not just running). i.e. docker container ls -a
Use the flag -q to show containers and their numeric IDs. i.e. docker container ls -q
Visit the documentation to learn all available options for this command.
List running containers:-
$ docker ps
List all containers:-
$ docker ps -a
List only stopped containers:-
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$ docker ps --filter "status=exited"or
$ docker ps -f "status=exited"
just a convenient way of getting last n=5 containers (no matter running or not):
$ docker container ls -a -n5 I got the error message Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. I forgot I am running the daemon as root and needed sudo:
$ sudo docker ps docker ps [OPTIONS] Following command will show only running containers by default.
docker ps To see all containers:
docker ps -a For showing the latest created container:
docker ps -l 
