Listing the running containers

To list the running containers, simply execute the docker ps command:

$ docker ps  

To include all containers present on your Docker host, include the -a option:

$ docker ps -a  

You can also filter the list using -f option to specify a filter. The filter needs to be provided as a key=value format. Currently available filters include:

  • id: Filters by the container's id
  • label: Filters by label
  • name: Filters by the container's name
  • exited: Filters by the container's exit code
  • status: Filters by status, which can be created, restarting, running, removing, paused, exited or dead
  • volume: When specified with volume name or mount point will include containers that mount specified volumes
  • network: When specified with ...

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