docker-container-ls

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NAME

   docker-container-ls - List containers

SYNOPSIS

   docker container ls [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

   List the containers in the local repository. By default this shows only the running containers.

Filters

   Filter output based on these conditions:
      - ancestor=([:tag]||image@digest ⟨mailto:image@digest⟩)
        containers created from an image or a descendant.
      - before=(|)
      - expose=([/]|/[])
      - exited= an exit code of
      - health=(starting|healthy|unhealthy|none)
      - id= a container's ID
      - isolation=(default|process|hyperv) (Windows daemon only)
      - is-task=(true|false)
      - label= or label==
      - name= a container's name
      - network=(|)
      - publish=([/]|/[])
      - since=(|)
      - status=(created|restarting|removing|running|paused|exited)
      - volume=(|)

Format

   The formatting option (--format) pretty-prints container output using a Go template.

   Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:
      - .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.
      - .Networks     - Names of the networks attached to this container.

EXAMPLES Display all containers, including non-running

   $ docker container ls -a
   CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                 COMMAND                CREATED             STATUS      PORTS    NAMES
   a87ecb4f327c        ubuntu:22.04          /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA   20 minutes ago      Exit 0               desperate_brattain
   01946d9d34d8        busybox               /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        ubuntu:22.04          /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA   2 weeks ago         Exit 0               drunk_pike

Display only IDs of all containers, including non-running

   $ docker container ls -a -q
   a87ecb4f327c
   01946d9d34d8
   c1d3b0166030
   41d50ecd2f57

Display only IDs of all containers that have the name determined_torvalds

   $ docker container ls -a -q --filter=name=determined_torvalds
   c1d3b0166030

Display containers with their commands

   $ docker container ls --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 container ls --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 container ls --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{(.Label "com.docker.swarm.node")}}'
   CONTAINER ID        NODE
   a87ecb4f327c        worker-1
   01946d9d34d8
   c1d3b0166030        worker-1
   41d50ecd2f57        worker-2

Display containers with remote-volume mounted

   $ docker container ls --filter volume=remote-volume --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Mounts}}"
   CONTAINER ID        MOUNTS
   9c3527ed70ce        remote-volume

Display containers with a volume mounted in /data

   $ docker container ls --filter volume=/data --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Mounts}}"
   CONTAINER ID        MOUNTS
   9c3527ed70ce        remote-volume

Display containers that have published port of 80:

   $ docker ps --filter publish=80
   CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED              STATUS              PORTS                   NAMES
   fc7e477723b7        busybox             "top"               About a minute ago   Up About a minute   0.0.0.0:32768->80/tcp   admiring_roentgen

Display containers that have exposed TCP port in the range of 8000-8080:

   $ docker ps --filter expose=8000-8080/tcp
   CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
   9833437217a5        busybox             "top"               21 seconds ago      Up 19 seconds       8080/tcp            dreamy_mccarthy

Display containers in JSON format:

   $ docker ps --format json
   {"Command":"\"/docker-entrypoint.…\"","CreatedAt":"2021-03-10 00:15:05 +0100 CET","ID":"a762a2b37a1d","Image":"nginx","Labels":"maintainer=NGINX Docker Maintainers \u003cdocker-maint@nginx.com\u003e","LocalVolumes":"0","Mounts":"","Names":"boring_keldysh","Networks":"bridge","Ports":"80/tcp","RunningFor":"4 seconds ago","Size":"0B","State":"running","Status":"Up 3 seconds"}

OPTIONS

   -a, --all[=false]      Show all containers (default shows just running)

   -f, --filter=      Filter output based on conditions provided

   --format=""      Format output using a custom template: 'table':            Print output in table format with column headers (default) 'table TEMPLATE':   Print output in table format
   using the given Go template 'json':             Print in JSON format 'TEMPLATE':         Print output using the given Go template.  Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for
   more information about formatting output with templates

   -h, --help[=false]      help for ls

   -n, --last=-1      Show n last created containers (includes all states)

   -l, --latest[=false]      Show the latest created container (includes all states)

   --no-trunc[=false]      Don't truncate output

   -q, --quiet[=false]      Only display container IDs

   -s, --size[=false]      Display total file sizes