% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % FEBRUARY 2015
docker-ps - List containers
docker ps [-a|--all] [-f|--filter[=[]]] [--format=“TEMPLATE”] [--help] [-l|--latest] [-n[=-1]] [--no-trunc] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--size]
List the containers in the local repository. By default this shows only the running containers.
-a, --all=true|false Show all containers. Only running containers are shown by default. The default is false.
-f, --filter=[] Filter output based on these conditions:
--format=“TEMPLATE” Pretty-print containers using a Go template. Valid placeholders: .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.
--help Print usage statement
-l, --latest=true|false Show only the latest created container (includes all states). The default is false.
-n=-1 Show n last created containers (includes all states).
--no-trunc=true|false Don't truncate output. The default is false.
-q, --quiet=true|false Only display numeric IDs. The default is false.
-s, --size=true|false Display total file sizes. The default is false.
# docker ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES a87ecb4f327c fedora:20 /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA 20 minutes ago Exit 0 desperate_brattain 01946d9d34d8 vpavlin/rhel7:latest /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 fedora:20 /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA 2 weeks ago Exit 0 drunk_pike
# docker ps -a -q a87ecb4f327c 01946d9d34d8 c1d3b0166030 41d50ecd2f57
determined_torvalds
# docker ps -a -q --filter=name=determined_torvalds c1d3b0166030
# docker ps --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
# docker ps --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
# docker ps --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{(.Label "com.docker.swarm.node")}}' CONTAINER ID NODE a87ecb4f327c ubuntu 01946d9d34d8 c1d3b0166030 debian 41d50ecd2f57 fedora
remote-volume
mounted$ docker ps --filter volume=remote-volume --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Mounts}}" CONTAINER ID MOUNTS 9c3527ed70ce remote-volume
/data
$ docker ps --filter volume=/data --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Mounts}}" CONTAINER ID MOUNTS 9c3527ed70ce remote-volume
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit SvenDowideit@home.org.au August 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit SvenDowideit@home.org.au November 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit SvenDowideit@home.org.au February 2015, updated by André Martins martins@noironetworks.com October 2016, updated by Josh Horwitz horwitzja@gmail.com