“docker ps” Command Complete Step-By-Step Guide
The “docker ps” command will guide us in the docker host by listing all the docker containers. It will list all the docker containers in the docker host.
Sytanx Of “docker ps” Command Without Options
1. Here we will execute the docker ps command without any option or filters and let’s see the output we are getting.
docker ps
In the above image, you can see the no.of docker containers that are running inside the docker host “docker ps” command will give us the output of the following.
- Container ID.
- Images that have been used to run the container.
- The command which is used to start the container where we will mention it in the Dockerfile.
- Status of the container.
- ports used to expose the docker container.
Sytanx Of “docker ps” Command With Options
By using multiple options you can perform multiple tasks in the docker host as shown follows.
docker ps <option>
To see all the containers in the docker including the containers which have been exited you use the following command.
docker ps -a
“-a” or “–all” can be used along with the docker command.
What is Docker PS Command ?
he “docker ps” command is used to list all the running containers in the docker host. With the help of some filters, you can get the output of all the containers in the docker with are running and that are stopped. it shows the list of active containers that includes details about each one, including its name, ID, creation image, program being run inside it, creation time, and status.