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DOCKER

Section: Docker User Manuals (1)
Updated: Jun 2025
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NAME

docke-containe-diff- Inspect changes to files or directories on a container's filesystem

SYNOPSIS

docker container diff CONTAINER

DESCRIPTION

List the changed files and directories in a container᾿s filesystem since the container was created. Three different types of change are tracked:

Symbol	Description
A	A file or directory was added
D	A file or directory was deleted
C	A file or directory was changed

You can use the full or shortened container ID or the container name set using docker run-name option.

EXAMPLES

Inspect the changes to an nginx container:

$ docker diff 1fdfd1f54c1b

C /dev C /dev/console C /dev/core C /dev/stdout C /dev/fd C /dev/ptmx C /dev/stderr C /dev/stdin C /run A /run/nginx.pid C /var/lib/nginx/tmp A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/client_body A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/fastcgi A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/proxy A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/scgi A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/uwsgi C /var/log/nginx A /var/log/nginx/access.log A /var/log/nginx/error.log