docker-ps(1)

NAME

   docker-ps - List containers

SYNOPSIS

   docker ps [-a|--all] [-f|--filter[=[]]] [--format="TEMPLATE"] [--help]
   [-l|--latest] [-n[=-1]] [--no-trunc] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--size]

DESCRIPTION

   List the containers in the local repository. By default this shows only
   the running containers.

OPTIONS

   -a, --all=true|false
      Show all containers. Only running containers are shown by default.
   The default is false.

   -f, --filter=[]
      Filter output based on these conditions:
      - exited=<int> an exit code of <int>
      - label=<key> or label=<key>=<value>
      - status=(created|restarting|running|paused|exited|dead)
      - name=<string> a container's name
      - id=<ID> a container's ID
      - before=(<container-name>|<container-id>)
      - since=(<container-name>|<container-id>)
      - ancestor=(<image-name>[:tag]|<image-id>| image@digest) -
   containers created from an image or a descendant.
      - volume=(<volume-name>|<mount-point-destination>)
      - network=(<network-name>|<network-id>) - containers connected to
   the provided network

   --format="TEMPLATE"
      Pretty-print containers using a Go template.
      Valid placeholders:
         .ID - Container ID
         .Image - Image ID
         .Command - Quoted command
         .CreatedAt - Time when the container was created.
         .RunningFor - Elapsed time since the container was started.
         .Ports - Exposed ports.
         .Status - Container status.
         .Size - Container disk size.
         .Names - Container names.
         .Labels - All labels assigned to the container.
         .Label - Value of a specific label for this container. For
   example {{.Label "com.docker.swarm.cpu"}}
         .Mounts - Names of the volumes mounted in this container.

   --help
     Print usage statement

   -l, --latest=true|false
      Show only the latest created container (includes all states). The
   default is false.

   -n=-1
      Show n last created containers (includes all states).

   --no-trunc=true|false
      Don't truncate output. The default is false.

   -q, --quiet=true|false
      Only display numeric IDs. The default is false.

   -s, --size=true|false
      Display total file sizes. The default is false.

EXAMPLES

Display all containers, including non-running

          # docker ps -a
          CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                 COMMAND                CREATED             STATUS      PORTS    NAMES
          a87ecb4f327c        fedora:20             /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA   20 minutes ago      Exit 0               desperate_brattain
          01946d9d34d8        vpavlin/rhel7:latest  /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA   33 minutes ago      Exit 0               thirsty_bell
          c1d3b0166030        acffc0358b9e          /bin/sh -c yum -y up   2 weeks ago         Exit 1               determined_torvalds
          41d50ecd2f57        fedora:20             /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA   2 weeks ago         Exit 0               drunk_pike

Display only IDs of all containers, including non-running

          # docker ps -a -q
          a87ecb4f327c
          01946d9d34d8
          c1d3b0166030
          41d50ecd2f57

Display only IDs of all containers that have the name determined_torvalds

          # docker ps -a -q --filter=name=determined_torvalds
          c1d3b0166030

Display containers with their commands

          # docker ps --format "{{.ID}}: {{.Command}}"
          a87ecb4f327c: /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA
          01946d9d34d8: /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA
          c1d3b0166030: /bin/sh -c yum -y up
          41d50ecd2f57: /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA

Display containers with their labels in a table

          # docker ps --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Labels}}"
          CONTAINER ID        LABELS
          a87ecb4f327c        com.docker.swarm.node=ubuntu,com.docker.swarm.storage=ssd
          01946d9d34d8
          c1d3b0166030        com.docker.swarm.node=debian,com.docker.swarm.cpu=6
          41d50ecd2f57        com.docker.swarm.node=fedora,com.docker.swarm.cpu=3,com.docker.swarm.storage=ssd

Display containers with their node label in a table

          # docker ps --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{(.Label "com.docker.swarm.node")}}'
          CONTAINER ID        NODE
          a87ecb4f327c        ubuntu
          01946d9d34d8
          c1d3b0166030        debian
          41d50ecd2f57        fedora

Display containers with remote-volume mounted
          $ docker ps --filter volume=remote-volume --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Mounts}}"
          CONTAINER ID        MOUNTS
          9c3527ed70ce        remote-volume

Display containers with a volume mounted in /data

          $ docker ps --filter volume=/data --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Mounts}}"
          CONTAINER ID        MOUNTS
          9c3527ed70ce        remote-volume

HISTORY

   April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot
   com) based on docker.com source material and internal work.  June 2014,
   updated by Sven Dowideit [email protected] August 2014,
   updated by Sven Dowideit [email protected] November 2014,
   updated by Sven Dowideit [email protected] February 2015,
   updated by Andr Martins [email protected]

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