% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % FEBRUARY 2015 # NAME docker-ps - List containers # SYNOPSIS **docker ps** [**-a**|**--all**] [**-f**|**--filter**[=*[]*]] [**--format**=*"TEMPLATE"*] [**--help**] [**-l**|**--latest**] [**-n**[=*-1*]] [**--no-trunc**] [**-q**|**--quiet**] [**-s**|**--size**] # DESCRIPTION List the containers in the local repository. By default this shows only the running containers. # OPTIONS **-a**, **--all**=*true*|*false* Show all containers. Only running containers are shown by default. The default is *false*. **-f**, **--filter**=[] Filter output based on these conditions: - exited=<int> an exit code of <int> - label=<key> or label=<key>=<value> - status=(created|restarting|running|paused|exited|dead) - name=<string> a container's name - id=<ID> a container's ID - before=(<container-name>|<container-id>) - since=(<container-name>|<container-id>) - ancestor=(<image-name>[:tag]|<image-id>|<image@digest>) - containers created from an image or a descendant. **--format**="*TEMPLATE*" Pretty-print containers using a Go template. Valid placeholders: .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. .Labels - All labels assigned to the container. .Label - Value of a specific label for this container. For example `{{.Label "com.docker.swarm.cpu"}}` **--help** Print usage statement **-l**, **--latest**=*true*|*false* Show only the latest created container (includes all states). The default is *false*. **-n**=*-1* Show n last created containers (includes all states). **--no-trunc**=*true*|*false* Don't truncate output. The default is *false*. **-q**, **--quiet**=*true*|*false* Only display numeric IDs. The default is *false*. **-s**, **--size**=*true*|*false* Display total file sizes. The default is *false*. # EXAMPLES # Display all containers, including non-running # docker ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES a87ecb4f327c fedora:20 /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA 20 minutes ago Exit 0 desperate_brattain 01946d9d34d8 vpavlin/rhel7:latest /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 fedora:20 /bin/sh -c #(nop) MA 2 weeks ago Exit 0 drunk_pike # Display only IDs of all containers, including non-running # docker ps -a -q a87ecb4f327c 01946d9d34d8 c1d3b0166030 41d50ecd2f57 # Display only IDs of all containers that have the name `determined_torvalds` # docker ps -a -q --filter=name=determined_torvalds c1d3b0166030 # Display containers with their commands # docker ps --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 ps --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 ps --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{(.Label "com.docker.swarm.node")}}' CONTAINER ID NODE a87ecb4f327c ubuntu 01946d9d34d8 c1d3b0166030 debian 41d50ecd2f57 fedora # 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> August 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au> November 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au> February 2015, updated by André Martins <martins@noironetworks.com>