Docker ps command
docker ps: Lists container
grammar
docker ps [OPTIONS]
OPTIONS Description:
-a: Displays all containers, including not running.
-f: filter content displayed according to the conditions.
--format: specifies the return value of the template file.
-l: display container recently created.
-n: Lists n containers recently created.
--no-trunc: not truncate the output.
-q: Quiet mode, only the container number.
-s: Displays the total file size.
Examples
List all information on a running container.
w3big@w3big:~$ docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND ... PORTS NAMES 09b93464c2f7 nginx:latest "nginx -g 'daemon off" ... 80/tcp, 443/tcp myw3big 96f7f14e99ab mysql:5.6 "docker-entrypoint.sh" ... 0.0.0.0:3306->3306/tcp mymysql
It lists the five most recently created container information.
w3big@w3big:~$ 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 container ID created.
w3big@w3big:~$ docker ps -a -q 09b93464c2f7 b8573233d675 b1a0703e41e7 f46fb1dec520 a63b4a5597de 6a4aa42e947b de7bb36e7968 43a432b73776 664a8ab1a585 ba52eb632bbd ...