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Question 24 Oct 2020

List of all available docker commands

Usage

docker [option] [command] [arguments]

attach	Attach to a running container
build	Build a container from a Dockerfile
commit	Create a new image from a container’s changes
cp	Copy files/folders from the containers filesystem to the host path
diff	Inspect changes on a container’s filesystem
events	Get real time events from the server
export	Stream the contents of a container as a tar archive
history	Show the history of an image
images	List images
import	Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball
info	Display system-wide information
insert	Insert a file in an image
inspect	Return low-level information on a container
kill	Kill a running container
load	Load an image from a tar archive
login	Register or Login to the docker registry server
logs	Fetch the logs of a container
port	Lookup the public-facing port which is NAT-ed to PRIVATE_PORT
ps	List containers
pull	Pull an image or a repository from the docker registry server
push	Push an image or a repository to the docker registry server
restart	Restart a running container
rm	Remove one or more containers
rmi	Remove one or more images
run	Run a command in a new container
save	Save an image to a tar archive
search	Search for an image in the docker index
start	Start a stopped container
stop	Stop a running container
tag	Tag an image into a repository
top	Lookup the running processes of a container
version	Show the docker version information

Example

docker ps -a

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