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docker container — Manage Docker containers. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/

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Problem

How to use the docker container command: Manage Docker containers. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/>.

Solution

docker container — Manage Docker containers. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/>.

List currently running Docker containers:

docker {{[ps|container ls]}}

Start one or more stopped containers:

docker {{[start|container start]}} {{container1_name}} {{container2_name}}

Kill one or more running containers:

docker {{[kill|container kill]}} {{container_name}}

Stop one or more running containers:

docker {{[stop|container stop]}} {{container_name}}

Pause all processes within one or more containers:

docker {{[pause|container pause]}} {{container_name}}

Display detailed information on one or more containers:

docker container inspect {{container_name}}

Export a container's filesystem as a .tar archive:

docker {{[export|container export]}} {{container_name}}

Create a new image from a container's changes:

docker {{[commit|container commit]}} {{container_name}}

Code Snippets

List currently running Docker containers

docker {{[ps|container ls]}}

Start one or more stopped containers

docker {{[start|container start]}} {{container1_name}} {{container2_name}}

Kill one or more running containers

docker {{[kill|container kill]}} {{container_name}}

Stop one or more running containers

docker {{[stop|container stop]}} {{container_name}}

Pause all processes within one or more containers

docker {{[pause|container pause]}} {{container_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/docker container

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