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docker image ls — List Docker images. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/image/ls/>.

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Problem

How to use the docker image ls command: List Docker images. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/image/ls/>.

Solution

docker image ls — List Docker images. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/image/ls/>.

List all Docker images:

docker {{[images|image ls]}}

List all Docker images including intermediates:

docker {{[images|image ls]}} {{[-a|--all]}}

List the output in quiet mode (only numeric IDs):

docker {{[images|image ls]}} {{[-q|--quiet]}}

List all Docker images not used by any container:

docker {{[images|image ls]}} {{[-f|--filter]}} dangling=true

List images that contain a substring in their name:

docker {{[images|image ls]}} "{{*name*}}"

Sort images by size:

docker {{[images|image ls]}} --format "\{\{.ID\}\}\t\{\{.Size\}\}\t\{\{.Repository\}\}:\{\{.Tag\}\}" | sort {{[-k|--key]}} 2 {{[-h|--human-numeric-sort]}}

Code Snippets

List all Docker images

docker {{[images|image ls]}}

List all Docker images including intermediates

docker {{[images|image ls]}} {{[-a|--all]}}

List the output in quiet mode (only numeric IDs)

docker {{[images|image ls]}} {{[-q|--quiet]}}

List all Docker images not used by any container

docker {{[images|image ls]}} {{[-f|--filter]}} dangling=true

List images that contain a substring in their name

docker {{[images|image ls]}} "{{*name*}}"

Context

tldr-pages: common/docker image ls

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