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docker system — Manage Docker data and display system-wide information. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/r

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Problem

How to use the docker system command: Manage Docker data and display system-wide information. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/system/>.

Solution

docker system — Manage Docker data and display system-wide information. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/system/>.

Show Docker disk usage:

docker system df

Show detailed information on disk usage:

docker system df {{[-v|--verbose]}}

Remove unused data (append --volumes to remove unused volumes as well):

docker system prune

Remove unused data created more than a specified amount of time in the past:

docker system prune --filter "until={{hours}}h{{minutes}}m"

Display real-time events from the Docker daemon:

docker system events

Display real-time events from containers streamed as valid JSON Lines:

docker system events {{[-f|--filter]}} 'type=container' --format '{{json .}}'

Display system-wide information:

docker system info

Display help:

docker system

Code Snippets

Show Docker disk usage

docker system df

Show detailed information on disk usage

docker system df {{[-v|--verbose]}}

Remove unused data (append `--volumes` to remove unused volumes as well)

docker system prune

Remove unused data created more than a specified amount of time in the past

docker system prune --filter "until={{hours}}h{{minutes}}m"

Display real-time events from the Docker daemon

docker system events

Context

tldr-pages: common/docker system

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