% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014 # NAME docker-diff - Inspect changes on a container's filesystem # SYNOPSIS **docker diff** [**--help**] CONTAINER # DESCRIPTION Inspect changes on a container's filesystem. You can use the full or shortened container ID or the container name set using **docker run --name** option. # OPTIONS **--help** Print usage statement # EXAMPLES Inspect the changes to on a nginx container: # docker diff 1fdfd1f54c1b C /dev C /dev/console C /dev/core C /dev/stdout C /dev/fd C /dev/ptmx C /dev/stderr C /dev/stdin C /run A /run/nginx.pid C /var/lib/nginx/tmp A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/client_body A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/fastcgi A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/proxy A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/scgi A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/uwsgi C /var/log/nginx A /var/log/nginx/access.log A /var/log/nginx/error.log # HISTORY 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>