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)