ApiDemos™Docker ps Command
docker ps : list containers
Docker ps Syntax
docker ps [OPTIONS]OPTIONS Description:
- -a : Show all containers, including non-running ones.
- -f : Filter what is displayed based on conditions.
- –format : Specify the template file for the returned value.
- -l : Show recently created containers.
- -n : List the n most recently created containers.
- –no-trunc : Do not truncate the output.
- -q : Silent mode, show only container number.
- -s : Show the total file size.
Docker ps Examples
Lists information about all running containers.
apidemos@apidemos:~$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND ... PORTS NAMES
09b93464c2f7 nginx:latest "nginx -g 'daemon off" ... 80/tcp, 443/tcp myapidemos
96f7f14e99ab mysql:5.6 "docker-entrypoint.sh" ... 0.0.0.0:3306->3306/tcp mymysqlOutput details are presented.
CONTAINER ID: The container ID.
IMAGE: The image to use.
COMMAND: The command to run when starting the container.
CREATED: The creation time of the container.
STATUS: The status of the container.
There are 7 types of status.
- created
- restarting
- running
- removing
- paused
- exited
- dead
PORTS: Port information of the container and the type of connection used (tcp\udp).
NAMES: The name of the automatically assigned container.
Lists information about the last 5 containers created.
apidemos@apidemos:~$ docker ps -n 5
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED
09b93464c2f7 nginx:latest "nginx -g 'daemon off" 2 days ago ...
b8573233d675 nginx:latest "/bin/bash" 2 days ago ...
b1a0703e41e7 nginx:latest "nginx -g 'daemon off" 2 days ago ...
f46fb1dec520 5c6e1090e771 "/bin/sh -c 'set -x \t" 2 days ago ...
a63b4a5597de 860c279d2fec "bash" 2 days ago ...List all created container IDs.
apidemos@apidemos:~$ docker ps -a -q
09b93464c2f7
b8573233d675
b1a0703e41e7
f46fb1dec520
a63b4a5597de
6a4aa42e947b
de7bb36e7968
43a432b73776
664a8ab1a585
ba52eb632bbd
...