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DOCKER

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
Filters
Format
EXAMPLES
Display all containers, including non-running
Display only IDs of all containers, including non-running
Display only IDs of all containers that have the name determined_torvalds
Display containers with their commands
Display containers with their labels in a table
Display containers with their node label in a table
Display containers with remote-volume mounted
Display containers with a volume mounted in /data
Display containers that have published port of 80:
Display containers that have exposed TCP port in the range of 8000-8080:
Display containers in JSON format:
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO

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:24.04 /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:24.04 /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
		-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