docker-ps man page
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=[]
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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
- is-task=(true|false) - containers that are a task (part of a service managed by swarm)
- 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
- health=(starting|healthy|unhealthy|none) - filters containers based on healthcheck status - --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
Display only IDs of all containers that have the name determined_torvalds
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
Display containers with a volume mounted in /data
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 ⟨SvenDowideit@home.org.au⟩ August 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit ⟨SvenDowideit@home.org.au⟩ November 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit ⟨SvenDowideit@home.org.au⟩ February 2015, updated by André Martins ⟨martins@noironetworks.com⟩ October 2016, updated by Josh Horwitz ⟨horwitzja@gmail.com⟩
Referenced By
docker(1), docker-config-json(5).