NAME

       docker-container-logs - Fetch the logs of a container

SYNOPSIS

       docker container logs [OPTIONS] CONTAINER

DESCRIPTION

       The  docker  container logs command batch-retrieves whatever logs are present for a container at the time
       of execution. This does not guarantee execution order when combined with a docker run (i.e., your run may
       not have generated any logs at the time you execute docker container logs).

       The docker container logs --follow command combines commands docker container logs and docker attach.  It
       will first return all logs from the beginning and then continue streaming new output from the container's
       stdout and stderr.

       Warning: This command works only for the json-file or journald logging drivers.

       The --since and --until options can be Unix timestamps, date formatted timestamps, or Go duration strings
       supported by ParseDuration ⟨https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration⟩ (e.g. 10m, 1h30m) computed relative to
       the client machine's time. Supported formats for date formatted time stamps include RFC3339Nano, RFC3339,
       2006-01-02T15:04:05,  2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999, 2006-01-02T07:00, and 2006-01-02. The local timezone
       on the client will be used if you do not provide either a Z or a +-00:00 timezone offset at  the  end  of
       the  timestamp.   When providing Unix timestamps enter seconds[.nanoseconds], where seconds is the number
       of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT), not counting  leap   seconds  (aka
       Unix epoch or Unix time), and the optional .nanoseconds field is a fraction of a second no more than nine
       digits long. You can combine the --since or --until options with either or both of the --follow or --tail
       options.

       The  docker  container logs --details command will add on extra attributes, such as environment variables
       and labels, provided to --log-opt when creating the container.

       In order to retrieve logs before a specific point in time, run:

       $ docker run --name test -d busybox sh -c "while true; do $(echo date); sleep 1; done"
       $ date
       Tue 14 Nov 2017 16:40:00 CET
       $ docker logs -f --until=2s test
       Tue 14 Nov 2017 16:40:00 CET
       Tue 14 Nov 2017 16:40:01 CET
       Tue 14 Nov 2017 16:40:02 CET

OPTIONS

       --details[=false]      Show extra details provided to logs

       -f, --follow[=false]      Follow log output

       --since=""      Show logs since timestamp (e.g. "2013-01-02T13:23:37Z") or relative (e.g.  "42m"  for  42
       minutes)

       -n, --tail="all"      Number of lines to show from the end of the logs

       -t, --timestamps[=false]      Show timestamps

       --until=""      Show logs before a timestamp (e.g. "2013-01-02T13:23:37Z") or relative (e.g. "42m" for 42
       minutes)

SEE ALSO

       docker-container(1)

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