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: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)