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DOCKER

Section: Docker User Manuals (1)
Updated: Jun 2025
Index Return to Main Contents

NAME

docke-containe-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 [la]mailto:image@digest[ra])
     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)
   - i-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) prett-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 no-running

$ docker container ls-a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES a87ecb4f327c ubuntu:24.04 /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:24.04 /bin/sh-c #(nop) MA 2 weeks ago Exit 0 drunk_pike

Display only IDs of all containers, including no-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 worke-1 01946d9d34d8 c1d3b0166030 worke-1 41d50ecd2f57 worke-2

Display containers with remot-volume mounted

$ docker container ls-filter volume=remot-volume-format "table {{.ID}}t{{.Mounts}}" CONTAINER ID MOUNTS 9c3527ed70ce remot-volume

Display containers with a volume mounted in /data

$ docker container ls-filter volume=/data-format "table {{.ID}}t{{.Mounts}}" CONTAINER ID MOUNTS 9c3527ed70ce remot-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 0.0.0.0:3276->80/tcp admiring_roentgen

Display containers that have exposed TCP port in the range of 800-8080:

$ docker ps-filter expose=800-8080/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":""/docke-entrypoint.…"","CreatedAt":"202-0-10 00:15:05 +0100 CET","ID":"a762a2b37a1d","Image":"nginx","Labels":"maintainer=NGINX Docker Maintainers u003cdocke-maint@nginx.comu003e","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:
'table': Print output in table format with column headers (default) 'table TEMPLATE': Print output in table format using the given Go template 'json': Print in JSON format 'TEMPLATE': Print output using the given Go template. Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for more information about formatting output with templates

-n, -last-1 Show n last created containers (includes all states)

-l, -latest[=false] Show the latest created container (includes all states)

-n-trunc[=false] Don't truncate output

-q, -quiet[=false] Only display container IDs

-s, -size[=false] Display total file sizes