DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals DOCKER(1) 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 ) 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: 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 SEE ALSO docker-container(1) Docker Community May 2024 DOCKER(1)