List all containers in Docker command

We can get a list of all containers in docker using docker container list or docker ps commands.

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List Docker Containers #

To list down docker containers we can use below two commands

1. docker container list
2. docker ps

docker container ls command introduced in docker 1.13 version. In older versions we have to use docker ps command.

Using docker ls command #

The below command returns a list of all containers in docker.

docker container list -all

or

docker container ls -all

Using docker ps command #

In older version of docker we can use docker ps command to list all containers in docker.

$ docker ps -all

or

$ docker ps -a

List all Running docker containers #

The default docker container ls command shows all running docker containers.

$ docker container list

or

$ docker container ls

or

To get list of all running docker containers use the below command

$ docker ps

List all stopped docker containers command #

To get list of all stopped containers in docker use the below commands

$ docker container list -f "status=exited"

or

$ docker container ls -f "status=exited"

or you can use docker ps command

$ docker ps -f "status=exited"

List all latest created docker containers #

To list out all latest created containers in docker use the below command.

$ docker container list --latest 

Show n last created docker containers #

To display n last created containers in docker use the below command.

$ docker container list --last=n