docker-ps - Man Page

• List currently running Docker containers: docker ps
• List all Docker containers (running and stopped): docker ps [-a|--all]
• Show the latest created container (includes all states): docker ps [-l|--latest]
• Filter containers that contain a substring in their name: docker ps [-f|--filter] "name=name"
• Filter containers that share a given image as an ancestor: docker ps [-f|--filter] "ancestor=image:tag"
• Filter containers by exit status code: docker ps [-a|--all] [-f|--filter] "exited=code"
• Filter containers by status (created, running, removing, paused, exited and dead): docker ps [-f|--filter] "status=status"
• Filter containers that mount a specific volume or have a volume mounted in a specific path: docker ps [-f|--filter] "volume=path/to/directory" --format "table .ID\t.Image\t.Names\t.Mounts"

tldr.sh

docker ps [Options]

Alias for docker container ls.

-a, --all[=false] Show all containers (default shows just running)

-f, --filter= Filter output based on conditions provided

--format="" Format output using a custom template: 'table':            Print output in table format with column headers (default) 'table TEMPLATE':   Print output in table format using the given Go template 'json':             Print in JSON format 'TEMPLATE':         Print output using the given Go template. Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for more information about formatting output with templates

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

-l, --latest[=false] Show the latest created container (includes all states)

--no-trunc[=false] Don't truncate output

-q, --quiet[=false] Only display container IDs

-s, --size[=false] Display total file sizes

docker(1)

docker-config-json(5).