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docker-container-stop - Stop one or more running containers

docker container stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

Stop a container (Send SIGTERM, and then SIGKILL after grace period)

-s, --signal="" Signal to send to the container

-t, --timeout=0 Seconds to wait before killing the container

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